Embassy of the United States: California Senate resolution does not reflect the position of Washington
California State Senate Resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh Does Not Reflect US Policy Recent media reports have discussed a resolution by the California State Senate on the subject of Nagorno-Karabakh. US Foreign Policy is determined by the federal government. States are free to express their opinions, but those opinions do not represent national foreign policy. The resolution passed by the California State Senate regarding Nagorno-Karabakh is an expression of opinion by a state legislative body and does not change US foreign policy on the matter," the statement of the US Embassy. -06D--
Politics
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The United States was deeply disappointed in the recent judgement against Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. We continue to urge Azerbaijan to adhere to its international obligations and commitments and to release those unjustly detained.
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Baku Court for Serious Crimes on 14 January completed the trial of Afiaddin Mammadov, head of the alternative trade union confederation ‘Workers’ Platform’. The court sentenced him to 8 years of imprisonment.
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The United States and Armenia on Tuesday signed an agreement forming a “strategic partnership commission”, which Secretary of State Antony Blinken said marked "a significant milestone" in the relationship between the two countries and will "contribute to a more resilient, a more peaceful, a more secure, a more independent South Caucasus," TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The year 2024 was marked by ‘increased repression and police brutality’ in Azerbaijan. This is stated in the annual report on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan by the human rights organisation ‘Political Prisoners Monitoring Centre’.
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