The U.S. Congressman, Dana Rohrabacher, who urged Washington to support the struggle of the South Azerbaijanis for their independence, has arrived in Baku, according to a diplomatic source. Today and tomorrow the Congressman will have meetings with Azerbaijani officials, the same source reported.
In August, in his letter to the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Congressman spoke of the need to support the fight for the independence of South Azerbaijan from Iran.
"The people of Azerbaijan has been geographically divided two hundred years ago, and many Azeris call for the unification of the motherland," said in the letter. The Congressman also noted that in Iran the number of ethnic Azerbaijanis is by two times more than in Azerbaijan.
"This country gained independence in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and how it is a time when the Azerbaijanis of Iran also should win their freedom," said the Congressman.
"Support for the legitimate aspirations of the people of Azerbaijan in the struggle for independence is a noble cause in itself," reads the letter. -03В-
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Key Biden administration officials involved in Georgia and Moldova policy will next week testify before the Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs on U.S. policy in both countries ahead of their elections this October, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The United States said on Friday that it is in the process of publishing an annual Investment Climate Statement on Azerbaijan, a report which is widely used by both U.S. officials and investors to help make informed decisions about the business environment in a foreign country, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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At the early elections to the Milli Majlis on September 1, 806 people applied to the district election commissions to become candidates for deputies, the head of this structure Mazahir Panahov told at today's meeting of the Central Election Commission (CEC). According to him, the nomination of 532 candidates has already been approved.
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The trial of public activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev continued in the Baku Serious Crimes Court on Friday. The court heard testimony from the secretary of the Yasamal district court session about the conflict between Hajiyev and the victim Ulviya Muradova (Alovlu) two years ago. He stated that Hajiyev and Muradova insulted each other, and Hajiyev hit her "several times".
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