The top US and Turkish diplomats met Thursday in the Czech capital to discuss peace in the Caucasus and Middle East regions, TURAN’s Washington correspondent, who currently travels in the press pool with Secretary Antony Blinken, reports.
The pair met at The President hotel on the sidelines of an informal meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers, which were attended by their NATO Ambassadors, spokespersons, as well as other high-level officials.
The a 45 minutes-long meeting was mostly focused on efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza that secures the release of hostages, as well as the importance of increasing humanitarian aid to Gaza and preventing regional instability.
“They also discussed opportunities to support peace and prosperity in the Caucasus region,” State Department’s spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a readout.
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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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