The Azerbaijani government is considering reducing the cost of the diplomatic missions abroad, said Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev.
However, the closure of embassies is not necessary. "In order to save money and streamline the work, the reduction of activity of diplomatic missions in accordance with the existing realities or reducing staff units is considered," said Hajiyev.
Thus, he denied reports of a number of media outlets on closing the embassies of Azerbaijan in a number of Latin American countries, as well as honorary consulates.
Honorary consulates are self-financing and funds for their maintenance are not allocated from the state budget, he said.
Azerbaijan has more than 70 diplomatic missions abroad - embassies, consulate generals, consulates and missions to international organizations. -06B-
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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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