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12 January 2004 - 18:27 AMT

EU CONCERNED OVER CONDITION OF ARRESTED IN AZERBAIJAN AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

The European Union expresses concern over the condition of the persons arrested in mid-September, 2003 during the disorders taken place after the presidential election in Azerbaijan and calls the state bodies either to provide just trial on these cases or discharge them, the press release of the Federal Republic of Germany in Azerbaijan runs citing the statement of residing in the EU Ireland, which has no diplomatic representation in the country. The EU called official Baku to confirm its adherence to meeting the commitments to the Council of Europe. Future EU members – Czechia, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia – joined the statement.