Marija Pejčinović Burić noted that Azerbaijan has been a valued member of the Council of Europe since 2001. She recalled that Azerbaijan inked and ratified numerous conventions of the Council of Europe, including the recently signed Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs, describing all these as positive steps.
The secretary general of the Council of Europe commended the reforms implemented in Azerbaijan under the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev.