Johannes Hahn is in Baku. The EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy has met with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. According to reports, Johannes Hahn plans to set the issue of releasing Afgan Mukhtarly.

Before his visit, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the case of the Azerbaijani journalist.

The document calls on Georgian government to investigate the fact of kidnapping the journalist and orders Azerbaijan to release him urgently.