Russian president’s assistant Yuri Ushakov said that Moscow does not feel great optimism about the settlement of the Karabakh conflict in the near future, will continue to work with Yerevan and Baku. "I would not say that we are experiencing a great optimism about the resolution of this conflict in the near future, but we will continue to work persistently with Baku and Yerevan, of course," "RIA Novosti" quoted Ushakov. He refused to disclose the course of negotiations, noting that a lot of options and proposals are being discussed.
"But now, I say again, that the reason for optimism is not observed," he added. In this case the question about the causes of the supply of arms to Armenia by Russia, Ushakov said that Russia is Armenia's ally, and has the right to deliver those weapons, which are agreed with the partners. "There is nothing surprising for anybody, in my opinion, even for Azerbaijani partners. Weapons are supplied to Azerbaijan also," said Ushakov. -16D-
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will hold talks in Moscow on January 17 and make statements for the press, according to the Kremlin's press service.
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On January 13, the trial in the case of public activist Nijat Ibrahim continued in the Baku Serious Crimes Court under the chairmanship of Judge Aygun Gurbanova. The trial was suspended after Ibrahim, in protest against the illegal arrest, began banging his head against the "aquarium cage", trying to commit suicide. At the beginning of the trial, he stated that he had been illegally detained for 4 months, and because of this, his family in Moldova was in a difficult situation, Turan announced this on its Twitter.
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The International Committee of Concerned Scholars (ICS) has appealed to the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, requesting his assistance in securing the release of the arrested researcher, Igbal Abilov. The ICS expressed concern that Abilov's arrest "may be related to his research on ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan, conducted in collaboration with scholars from Armenia."
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Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maka Botchorishvili, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Georgia, Faig Guliyev.
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