Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar arrived in Baku on the evening of March 7 on an official visit.
As the State Agency of Qatar reported, the Emir held talks with the President of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat on the morning of March 7. The subject of the negotiations was the issues of cooperation in energy, including oil and gas.
The sides also discussed issues of cooperation in international sporting events.
According to the same source, in Baku Emir Tamim bin Hamad will hold talks with President Aliyev. The topic of their negotiations will be the same - oil, gas and cooperation in international events such as the upcoming Islamic Games – 2017 in Baku. -02D-
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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