Paris/25.08.17/Turan: In connection with the arrest of the director of the agency Turan, the French Foreign Ministry issued a statement in which it said:
"We are concerned by Turan news agency director Mehman Aliyev's arrest in Baku on 24 August. France calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to respect its international commitments and in particular to guarantee the respect of press freedom and the independence of the judiciary, and to carefully respect rights and the presumption of innocence," the statement said. -02D-
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Presidents of Azerbaijan and Ukraine met at the Economic Forum in Davos on 22 January.
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Ten international human rights organizations have called on members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to confirm the termination of Azerbaijan's powers in the structure and establish clear criteria for their restoration.
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The New York-based ‘Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) condemned a decision by Azerbaijani authorities to bring six new charges against 'Toplum TV' journalists and the arrest of another 'Toplum TV' reporter.
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Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian and Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev discussed strengthening bilateral relations in the economic sphere during a meeting in Tehran on 21 January.
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