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12 June 2010 [12:56] - Today.Az
A conference of Presidents of Parliaments of the Council of Europe member states, including Azerbaijan, kicked off in Limassol, Cyprus.
The conference will focus on two main subjects: Rights and Responsibilities of the Opposition in a Parliament and National Parliaments and International Human Rights law: implementation of the principle of non-discrimination. Today as part of the conference Speakers and Presidents of the Parliaments of the Member States of the Council of Europe will hold a meeting.
Azeri delegates are expected to have a number of meetings in Limassol to discuss situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. The first European Speakers' Conference was held in 1975. It takes place every two years, hosted alternately in Strasbourg or in the capital of a Council of Europe member state.
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