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Baku /10.12.20/Turan: Azerbaijani-Turkish agreements with the participation of Presidents Aliyev and Erdogan were signed in Baku on Thursday. In particular, the following were signed: Protocol of Understanding between the Baku Transport Agency and the Naval Automated Senaye ve Ticaret company, the Protocol of Understanding between the State Agency for Highways of Azerbaijan and the VMS.AZ company, the Memorandum of Understanding between the Small and Medium Business Development Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Investment Office under the President of Turkey, Memorandum of Understanding between Azerbaijan and Turkey on strategic cooperation in the field of media, Protocol No. 1 between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Turkey on amendments to the agreement on mutual visa exemption. This document will allow citizens of the two countries to travel to each other on the basis of identity cards. -0-
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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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