Moscow / 29.11.19 / Turan: In accordance with the agreement, on December 2-3, Russian Foreign Minister S. Lavrov will pay an official visit to Baku. The program of the visit includes meetings with President of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev and with Foreign Minister E. Mammadyarov. This was announced at a briefing in Moscow by the press secretary of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
The dialogue will continue on key issues in the development of Russian-Azerbaijani relations in the political, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres. It is planned to sign the Consultation Plan of the foreign affairs agencies for 2020, she added.
During the talks, the Foreign Ministers will consider a wide range of issues of interaction within the CIS, UN, OSCE, Non-Aligned Movement, Council of Europe, BSEC, and other international venues. The sides will also focus on regional security issues, including the prospects for a Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, Zakharova said. -02D-
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On January 31, the trial of opposition politician Tofig Yagublu continued at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, where the examination of documents resumed. Yagublu pointed out the falsification of the search protocols related to the search at his home. He drew attention to the fact that the protocol stated that on December 14, 2023, at 16:00, the investigator completed the questioning of the "victim" and decided to conduct a search.
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During the winter session of PACE at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, a "parallel event" was held on January 30 dedicated to the "alarming human rights crisis in Azerbaijan." The hearings were organized by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and PACE member, co-chair of the Group of Unified European Left (Group of the Unified European), Spanish parliamentarian Laura Castel Fort.
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