Baku/12.09.19/Turan: The day before, Attorney General Zakir Garalov received the head of the Directorate for Human Rights and the Rule of Law of the Council of Europe, Christos Sakumopoulos. During the meeting, an exchange of views on the state of human rights in Azerbaijan and relations between Baku and Strasbourg took place. According to the Prosecutor General"s Office, Garalov told the guest about the great achievements of the country's jurisprudence, reforms of the prison system and legislation. In response, Sakumopoulos welcomed the reforms in the judicial sphere of the country and expressed the willingness of the experts of the Council of Europe to continue to help Azerbaijan. According to the Prosecutor General"s Office, the representative of the Council of Europe did not say anything else. However, it is no secret that Azerbaijan"s refusal to comply with the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights remains a serious problem in relations between Baku and Strasbourg. Baku also ignores the calls of the Council of Europe to solve the problems of political prisoners, as PACE President Liliane Mori Pasquier said in Baku on September 11. -03D-
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan published a set of proposals on his Facebook page aimed at establishing long-term peace in the region. Among them, he suggested that Azerbaijan should abandon mutual claims against Armenia, including in international courts. Other proposals include: refraining from using belligerent rhetoric, continuing the demarcation of borders, signing a peace agreement that is 90% ready, mutually implementing arms control, creating a joint mechanism to investigate violations of the ceasefire regime, and dissolving the OSCE Minsk Group.
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The United States announced a new and final military aid package to Ukraine under President Joe Biden’s administration. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated in Germany that the total amount of assistance will be $500 million.
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In 2024, 249 employees of the State Service for Mobilization and Military Conscription were held accountable. According to a statement from the agency, internal investigations were conducted regarding officials who violated anti-corruption legislation. Disciplinary and organizational measures were applied to 78 employees in 2023 and 249 employees in 2024. This included the transfer of 13 employees to the reserve for negative reasons, and their labor contracts were terminated.
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Recently, a member of the Public Chamber of Russia, political scientist Vladimir Kara-Murza, used offensive language towards the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, on his social media page. This occurred after Aliyev blamed Russia for the downed AZAL plane. Kara-Murza considered that Aliyev had no right to address the Russian authorities in such a manner.
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