Representatives of ten EU countries - Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Hungary, France, Great Britain, Sweden and others, as well as the EU mission in Baku visited the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR) on February 14.
As the regional correspondent of Turan reported, Western diplomats met with the Minister of Justice for Nakhchivan. They also visited the office of the Resource Centre for the Development of Democracy and NGOs to meet with civil society activists: Malahat Nasibova, Ilgar Nasibov, Elman Abbasov Hakimeldostu Mehdiyev and Hasan Shikhaliyev.
During the meeting, issues of human rights defenders, pressure put on them and the socio-political situation in the NAR were discussed. The diplomats also visited relatives of the convicted businessman Muhammad Gurbanov and his son-in-law Nadir Mammadov.
The diplomats also appealed to the Ministry of Justice with a request to meet with the prisoners themselves. -16B-
Politics
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On Thursday, President Ilham Aliyev received the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, who arrived to participate in the COP29 climate conference.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today issued five rulings on applications from Azerbaijan. The case of "Afgan Mammadov v. Azerbaijan" concerned the complainant's exclusion from the Bar Association. Mammadov was expelled based on a complaint filed by a colleague, which he considered unjust. The ECHR ruled that Mammadov's rights had been violated and ordered Azerbaijan to pay him €5,000 in compensation for moral damage and €1,000 to cover legal costs.
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During the ongoing COP29 climate conference in Baku on November 14, a group of activists staged a protest condemning Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The activists also denounced countries that supply oil and weapons to nations waging aggressive wars. The protest featured placards with slogans such as: "From fossil fuels to peace!", "End war crimes!", "Punish the aggressor!", and "Phase out fossil fuel use to achieve peace!" among others.
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The United States and the European Union, which tried to position themselves as mediators in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, have come up with nothing and merely copied Russia's ideas, distorting their essence in order to "hijack" the peace process for themselves. However, their true goal was to take control of the region, to insert themselves into it, and to push out Russia, as well as Iran and Türkiye, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated at a briefing on November 13.
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