On Thursday 12 April, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) called on Azerbaijan to remedy the shortcomings observed particularly during the early presidential elections that took place the previous day.
These elections saw the unsurprising re-election of Ilham Aliev for a fourth mandate, with 86.1% of the votes.
"The European Union expects the Azerbaijani authorities to take on board and implement the OSCE/ODIHR recommendations in relation to these and...