Clarification of Reports Regarding Ambassador Morningstar"s Meeting at the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense
Baku/15.10.13/Turan : The meeting reported by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense was a private diplomatic meeting between Ambassador Morningstar and the Minister of Defense. The meeting was constructive. However, the statements attributed to Ambassador Morningstar were not accurate, says US Embassy`s comments.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported that the Minister expressed his dissatisfaction with the criticism by the estimations of US State department of the presidential election, and the Ambassador Richard Morningstar agreed with Safar Abiyev, and noted that the election is over, and Ilham Aliyev won them. “Criticism in connection with the results of the presidential election does not affect their results. Ilham Aliyev is winner," allegedly said ambassador. -02D-
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- 15 October 2013 12:06
Politics
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Aleksker Mammadli, the founder of “Toplum TV”, was subjected to mistreatment today at the Khatai District Court. He was brought there regarding the extension of his detention. Upon returning to the pre-trial detention center, he called his brother, Nasimi Mammadli, to report that he had been kept for several hours in a separate room in handcuffs before the hearing.
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The government of Azerbaijan will finance four projects in the Ukrainian city of Irpin, which is being rebuilt after its liberation from occupation, the city’s head, Oleksandr Markushin, said on Facebook following a meeting with Hikmet Hajiyev, the assistant to the Azerbaijani president for foreign policy, on October 2. "Azerbaijan has clearly signaled at the highest level that our four reconstruction projects, which we have been actively working on for many months, will be funded by the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan," he wrote on his Facebook account. The selected projects for restoration include facilities in the areas of culture, sports, and housing.
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Reacting to the fatal stabbing of Azerbaijani human rights defender Vidadi Isgandarli in France, where he had been living in exile, Natalia Nozadze, Amnesty International’s Researcher for South Caucasus, said:
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On October 2-3, Sergey Naryshkin, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, made an official visit to Baku, where he met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the leadership of Azerbaijan's Foreign Intelligence Service and State Security Service.
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