Andrzej Kasprzyk
Andrzej Kasprzyk, the OSCE's point person on issues related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, was at the State Department on Wednesday, TURAN"s Washington correspondent reports.
Kasprzyk, who has been serving as Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson in Office since 1996, yesterday met with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Karen Donfried.
No further details about the meeting have been announced.
".. [W]e’ll let you know if we have more details to share from that meeting," State Department's spokesperson Ned Price told TURAN's correspondent during the daily press briefing.
Assistant Secretary Donfried will also meet with the European Union’s Political and Security Committee today at the Department of State.
Alex Raufoglu
Washington D.C.
Politics
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On the eve of the closing of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has drawn attention to the criminal cases of journalists detained in Azerbaijan.
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Negotiations at the 29th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku have been extended until November 24, a source in the UNFCCC Secretariat told the Turan news agency. According to the source, participants aim to finalize and sign the concluding documents by that date.
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According to the Turkish newspaper Sabah, officials from the Istanbul Prosecutor's Office's Anti-Smuggling Unit have detained an Azerbaijani citizen with a large shipment of gold. The detention took place near the Vadi İstanbul shopping center in the Sarıyer district, where a taxi was stopped. During the search, 70 kg of gold was found. The Azerbaijani citizen in the vehicle claimed ownership of the cargo and also stated that he was a diplomat. The investigation by the prosecutor's office is ongoing, reports Sabah newspaper. The media outlet does not disclose the name of the "diplomat," only his initials – M.G.Ş. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declined to comment on the situation.
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On November 22, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan discussed negotiations with Azerbaijan regarding a peace treaty in an interview with Public TV. In particular, he emphasized that society should move away from certain stereotypes. “We are outraged when we hear the term ‘Western Azerbaijan.’ But we don’t think that when we say ‘Western Armenia,’ it also irritates anyone,” he stated.
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