Baku will check the accuracy of the reported statement of the Foreign Minister of Uruguay
The Azerbaijani Embassy in Montevideo is investigating the validity of posts of the Armenian media about the statement of Foreign Minister of Uruguay to recognize the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh, reads the commentary Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Hikmet Hajiyev on January 6. "Recently were distorted statements of the Vice President and President of the Senate of Uruguay Danilo Astori, made during his visit to Armenia. Later Uruguayan Foreign Ministry, with reference to Astori said that the information spread on his behalf is untrue. The official position of Uruguay is to support peace settlement of the conflict through negotiations and taking into account the interests of both parties," said Hajiyev.—06В-
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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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