President Ilham Aliyev has today called his Turkish counterpart Erdogan, congratulating him on the occasion of the forthcoming presidency of Turkey in G20. During the conversation, he regarded it as an indicator of the increasing role and authority of Turkey in the international arena, the website of the President. Aliyev thanked Erdogan for inviting me to the G20 summit next year, which will be held in November 2015 in Antalya. Erdogan, in turn, thanked and expressed his confidence that Azerbaijan has achieved rapid economic development, contribute to the work of this structure. During the meeting, the two leaders discussed issues concerning bilateral relations and ways to solve the Karabakh conflict, according to the same source. -16D-
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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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