Ilham Aliyev received on May 13 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Daniel Mitov, who is on an official visit to Baku. Aliyev said that Azerbaijan intends to strengthen economic cooperation with Bulgaria, and in particular, in the "Southern Gas Corridor". In reply, Mitov said that bilateral relations have a strategic partnership, noting the need to strengthen ties. Speaking about energy projects, the Bulgarian minister said that the project "Southern Gas Corridor" is of strategic importance for his country and expressed confidence that the project gives opportunity to expand cooperation between Azerbaijan and not only to Bulgaria, but also with the EU. -02D-
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Six journalists from the independent news outlet were arrested on Friday and placed in pretrial detention on Sunday, 8 December. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns these arbitrary detentions, part of a systematic strategy to silence critics of the regime in Azerbaijan, and calls for their immediate release.
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German Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ralph Harlemann expressed his concern about repression against journalists in Azerbaijan.
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During the past night and the morning of 10 December, the Israeli army continued to carry out massive strikes on military facilities on the territory of Syria, foreign media reported.
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Anar Mammadli, the arrested head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Education Centre (EMDEC), sent a message to the public from Baku pre-trial detention centre on the occasion of International Human Rights Day.
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