European Parliament not to observe presidential election in Azerbaijan

The European Parliament decided not to send observers to Azerbaijan for the upcoming presidential election scheduled for early February.

“The European Parliament will not observe this electoral process and consequently will neither comment on the process nor on the results that will be announced afterwards,” leading MEPs said in a press release.

The MEPs noted that no individual member was authorized to observe or comment on the electoral process in Baku.

In December, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called an early presidential election for February 7, 2024.

The latest presidential election was held in in 2018, and the next one was supposed to take place in 2025. The head of state in Azerbaijan is elected for a 7-year term.