A meeting was held at the Azerbaijani Bar Assosicion
(ABA) with the representative of the Election Observation Mission (EOM) of the
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Branislav
Solovic - legal analyst of this institution, who is on a visit in connection
with the snap elections to the Milli Majlis on September 1.
Welcoming the guests, Chairman Anar Bagirov gave
detailed information about ABA's activities in recent years, the accomplished
progress, described the projects implemented jointly with various local and
international organizations, and noted that a lot of useful cooperation has
been established.
During the meeting ABA's Secretary General Orkhan
Babayev made a presentation and shared report on the periodic work progress,
spoke about ABA's role in engaging lawyers in continuing education, free legal
aid provided to the vulnerable, actions in the field of student support, as
well as international and local engagements.
Then Legal Analyst of EOM Branislav Solovic provided
information about the objectives and activities of the Mission and emphasized
the importance of his visits to Azerbaijan and the meetings helds.
At the same time, a number of other mutual interest
matters were discussed at the meeting, and the the guest's questions were
clarified.