Baku / 15.05.18 / Turan: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met today in Paris with the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
Taking into account the completion of the electoral processes in Azerbaijan and Armenia, the importance of continuing the negotiations in an intensive manner was noted.
Mammadyarov, for his part, expressed Baku's readiness to do this, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hikmet Hajiyev said. During the meeting, the measures planned by the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group to advance the negotiation process were thoroughly discussed. -06D--
Politics
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On November 26, a group of reserve officers from the Nakhchivan special forces held a protest near the Azerbaijani presidential administration. The protesters participated in the 44-day war and were discharged after sustaining injuries. They claim that the payments they are entitled to have not been provided.
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On November 26, the Baku Court of Appeals heard a complaint regarding the extension of the detention of former diplomat Emin Ibrahimov. During the hearing, the investigator requested that the complaint be rejected, while Ibrahimov's lawyer, Aghil Laidj, pointed out the lack of grounds for keeping Ibrahimov in custody.
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Arrested economist Fazil Gasimov has reportedly faced pressure after protesting the interruption of a phone call with his family on November 16. "The phone call was cut off, and Fazil demanded that the connection be restored. Then, Jalal Alizadeh, a detention center officer, along with his colleagues, forcibly removed Fazil from the phone room in the medical unit of the facility, tearing his jacket and dragging him across the floor before throwing him into a cell.
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