Co-Chairs of OSCE Minsk Group Arrived in Baku
On Monday began a visit of the OSCE Minsk Group to the region. On February 16 they will hold meetings and talks with Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and the Minister of Defense Zakir Hasanov.
On February 17 the Co-Chairs will travel to Yerevan. They are expected to meet with the President and Foreign Minister there. Then the Co-chairs will leave for Nagorno-Karabakh.
The theme of the meetings and talks is the tense situation on the front line, discussing measures to stabilize the situation and organization of the next meeting of the leadership of Armenia and Azerbaijan. -02D-
Politics
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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On February 6, by the decree of Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, Sahil Babayev was relieved of his duties as Minister of Labor and Social Protection.
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