OSCE PA President welcomes dropping of new criminal proceedings against Mehman Huseynov

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia)  welcomed reports from Azerbaijan that the General Prosecutor’s Office has terminated a criminal case againstMehman Huseynov, Report informs citing the OSCE official website. 

“I am happy that the new charges against Mr. Huseynov have been dropped and that he can once again look forward to his expected release date in early March,” President Tsereteli said.

The OSCE PA chief said he had followed Mehman's case closely and regularly raised it in his discussions with parliamentary colleagues and Azerbaijani authorities, including President Aliyev, and said he was pleased that Ilham Aliyev had paid personal attention to this case.