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.

The Secretary General of the 47-nation Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović-Burić, has made the following statement concerning the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh, Trend reports with reference to the Council of Europe.

The Council of Europe has reiterated its support for Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and rejected so-called "elections" held in Azerbaijan's Armenian-occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region on April 14.

Media play an important role in holding free and democratic elections all over the world, Head of the Council of Europe (CoE) Baku Office Zoltan Hernyes said at an information session on media coverage of elections, Trend reports.

Azerbaijan is ready for a constructive dialogue and cooperation with the institutions of the Council of Europe (CE), Speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament Ogtay Asadov said.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with the delegation headed by Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Trend reports citing MFA press service.

Azerbaijan strives to ensure further effectiveness of judicial system, and in this regard the government studies the experience of European countries.

The European Council has approved a new strategy for the development of relations with Central Asia, which expresses the readiness of the EU to conclude and implement agreements on expanded partnership with the countries of the region.

In the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland remembered by an ambiguous statement.