Azerbaijan is very sensitive to the issue of rights of the national minorities, in particular their languages, Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliamentary Committee for Cultural Affairs Rafael Huseynov said at the PACE session on January 22.

In Azerbaijan, there have been criminal law measures to increase the use of non-custodial sentences, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland said at PACE winter session.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected its Vice-Presidents at the opening of its Winter plenary Session on January 22.

Azerbaijan's delegation to PACE will include new members, before participating in the January session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), said Samad Seyidov, head of Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation, the Azerbaijani Parliament told Trend Jan. 5.

While adopting a number of resolutions on Azerbaijan, some MPs, who have fallen under someone’s influence, voted against the country at the PACE autumn session, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE, MP Samad Seyidov said.

Those who committed the Khojaly genocide hold high posts in Armenia, Azerbaijani MP Ganira Pashayeva said during discussions within the PACE autumn session.

“Attacks by international organizations against countries are a tool of political pressure. It is a political game,” member of the Polish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Dominik Tarczynski has told AZERTAC as he commented on biased anti-Azerbaijani resolutions adopted by the PACE.

The documents on Azerbaijan adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), first of all, dealt a big blow to the structure’s image, Azerbaijani MP Aydin Huseynov told Trend Oct. 13.

Scandalous decisions regarding Azerbaijan were adopted at the autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), member of Turkey’s delegation to PACE Emine Nur Gunay stated, the country’s media outlets reported.

Certain groups in Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE), who pursue an open anti-Azerbaijan policy under the guidance and manipulation of third parties as well as Armenia and Armenian lobby, will never achieve their ill intentions to divert Azerbaijan from the course of its successful development, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev tweeted on October 12.