The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić welcomes the recent return of detained Armenians by Azerbaijan in exchange for providing the Azerbaijani side with maps of 97,000 anti-tank mines laid in the Aghdam region, Trend reports.

Council of Europe supports long-term work for finding long standing, sustainable solution on Karabakh, said Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić, Trend reports.

The monitoring report of the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities which also provides a number of urgent recommendations to the authorities, welcomed certain improvements in Azerbaijan, Trend reports citing the CoE.

Prosecutor-General Kamran Aliyev has urged influential international agencies to take measures against the Armenian leadership within the limits of their powers over ongoing crimes against Azerbaijan.

The building of the headquarters of the Council of Europe (CE) in Strasbourg (France) has been illuminated in the colors of the Azerbaijani flag, Trend reports citing the Azerbaijani State Committee on Affairs with Diaspora.

Azerbaijan has called on the Council of Europe Commissioner for human rights Dunja Mijatović to withhold from double-standards and remain impartial over the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.

Armenia refused to participate in the event to resume a dialogue with Azerbaijan, Trend reports on April 23.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov received the head of the Baku office of the Council of Europe Zoltan Hernyes on March 5, Trend reports on march 5 with reference to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

Council of Europe Secretary-General Marija Buric has welcomed the Russia-brokered agreement signed by Azerbaijan and Armenia on the complete ceasefire and cessation of all military operations in and around Nagorno-Karabakh.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has urged the international condemnation of Armenia’s actions which clearly represent a war crime.