Co-Rapporteur of PACE Committee on Refugees to Visit South Caucasus in JuneMarch 23, 2006 - 15:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Co-Rapporteur of PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population Leo Platvoet will visit South Caucasus in June, PACE Azeri delegation member Gultekin Gajiyeva said. To remind, a meeting of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population was held March 20. Matters of Turkish migrants to Europe, as well as the missing in South Caucasian republics, refugees, migrants and people seeking asylum were discussed at the meeting. Leo Platvoet will report on the missing in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, Gajiyeva said. «However, he did not take part in the meeting owing to certain reasons. A decision is made for him to visit Switzerland in April to investigate a matter he had to report on, where the Read Cross Committee is headquartered,» Gajiyeva said. The MP also underscored that Platvoet will also visit South Caucasian countries in June and will gather information on the known report, Trend reports. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |