The release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan was welcomed on Thursday by the European Parliament’s vice-president for Human Rights and Democracy Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (ALDE,DE).
"We are relieved to hear that Rasul Jafarov and fourteen other political prisoners have been pardoned by President Aliyev. Of course, they shouldn't have been imprisoned in the first place. However, we see this step as a sign that the Azeri government is interested in restoring relations with the EU by respecting such fundamental rights as freedom of speech and assembly”, he stated.
He added that “other prisoners like Khadija Ismayilova, Intigam Aliyev and Ilgar Mammadov need to be released as well", - reads a statement sent to Turan. -02D-
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Under the agreement between Azerbaijan and the European Union on the readmission of persons residing without permission, 37 Azerbaijani citizens were returned from Germany on November 26.
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Six people died on the evening of November 27 as a result of a collision between two cars on a section of the Baku-Gazakh highway passing through the Tovuz region.
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Official Baku has condemned the visit of Polish President Andrzej Duda to the Azerbaijan-Armenia border during his official visit to Armenia. "The visit of Polish President Andrzej Duda to the to Armenia-Azerbaijan border area in the company of members of the EU Mission in Armenia (EUMA), unfortunately, is another demonstration of anti-Azerbaijani policy of different EU member countries and European institutions. We deeply regret that President of the country which is officially a “strategic partner” of Azerbaijan has participated in the unacceptable diplomatic “binocular show” leading to the aggravation of relations between Azerbaijan and Poland,”" reads the statement on the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ account on X (formerly Twitter).
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According to the “Times of India”, the first batch of “Pinaka” missile systems has been delivered to Armenia.
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