President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, at the United States Department of State Thomas Melia, and Assistant administrator of the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mrs. Alexander Paige.
During the meeting, they hailed development of bilateral relations between the two countries on different fronts.
They noted the successful activity of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces as part of International peacekeeping mission.
They also discussed the current state of and prospects for the Azerbaijan-US cooperation.
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The hearing scheduled for 21 January in the trial against the investigative outlet Abzas Media will unfold as repression and injustice proliferate in Azerbaijan. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) demands that the authorities immediately release the journalists and urges international partners of the regime to condition their cooperation on halting the misuse of the justice system as a tool to silence the press.
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On 21 January the Baku Court of Appeal considered an appeal of Director of the Institute of Political Management Azer Gasymly. He appealed against the refusal to place him under house arrest.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory message to Donald Trump on assuming the office of the US President on 21 January.
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On January 20, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Switzerland on a working visit to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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