PACE Monitoring Committee Co-Rapporteurs on Azerbaijan Pedro Agramunt (Spian) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta) intend to visit Azerbaijan in the framework of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure in the first half of February 2011, Trend News reports.

Joining the Council of Europe in 2001, Azerbaijan has undertaken a number of commitments. The Monitoring Committee monitors their implementation.

The co-rapporteurs welcomed the release of the two bloggers Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli by Azerbaijani authorities.