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Following the talks between the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan on August 23 in Tashkent, a package of bilateral documents was signed. The leaders of the two countries signed a Treaty on Allied Relations between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, as well as a Resolution from the first meeting of the Supreme Intergovernmental Council.
Additionally, the following documents were signed:
- An Action Plan for cooperation in the field of tourism for 2024-2026 and a Roadmap for cultural and humanitarian cooperation for the same period;
- A Protocol on cooperation in the field of preschool and general education;
- A cooperation program between the State Agency for Citizen Services and Social Innovations of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan for 2024-2026;
- A Protocol on cooperation between the forensic agencies of the two countries;
- An Agreement on cooperation between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan and the National Guard of Uzbekistan;
- An intergovernmental agreement on labor activities and the protection of labor rights of citizens temporarily working in each other’s territory;
- An Action Plan for expanding trade, economic, and investment cooperation for 2024-2025;
- A cooperation program between the Foreign Ministries of the two countries for 2025-2026;
- Documents on cooperation between the cities of Baku and Tashkent, Beylagan and Shahrisabz, Guba and Jizzakh;
- An Agreement on the main terms of cooperation between SOCAR and "Uzbekneftegaz."
Politics
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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