Baku /14.10.19 / Turan: Azerbaijan assumed the chairmanship of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) from Kyrgyzstan. This decision was made today at a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States.
On October 14-15, a summit of the heads of state of the Turkic Council will also be held in Baku.
The Turkic Council was established in October 2009 by the leaders of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The entry of Uzbekistan into the organization is also expected at the current summit. - 06D--
Politics
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The United States was deeply disappointed in the recent judgement against Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. We continue to urge Azerbaijan to adhere to its international obligations and commitments and to release those unjustly detained.
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Baku Court for Serious Crimes on 14 January completed the trial of Afiaddin Mammadov, head of the alternative trade union confederation ‘Workers’ Platform’. The court sentenced him to 8 years of imprisonment.
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The United States and Armenia on Tuesday signed an agreement forming a “strategic partnership commission”, which Secretary of State Antony Blinken said marked "a significant milestone" in the relationship between the two countries and will "contribute to a more resilient, a more peaceful, a more secure, a more independent South Caucasus," TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The year 2024 was marked by ‘increased repression and police brutality’ in Azerbaijan. This is stated in the annual report on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan by the human rights organisation ‘Political Prisoners Monitoring Centre’.
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