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Baku/18.03.19 / Turan: The European Union welcomes pardon of more than 400 prisoners, timed to the celebration of Novruz, reads the official statement of the European Foreign Service, published on Sunday, March 17. Among the pardoned were representatives of political parties, non-profit organizations, bloggers and journalists. "This step is perceived with approval," reads the statement. The EU expects that, in line with Azerbaijan"s international commitments, further similar steps will follow in the future. The European Union will continue to cooperate with Azerbaijan in order to expand cooperation, including in the field of human rights, which is "an important element of our relations."
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree pardoning over 400 people, among them 14 foreigners, including two Russians. Most were exempt from serving the remaining term, 12 people were released from fines. Three convicted life sentences were replaced by long-term imprisonment. -02D-
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Russia is doing everything it can to normalize the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and facilitate the signing of a peace treaty between Yerevan and Baku, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday during a ceremony for the presentation of credentials by foreign ambassadors.
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"The people of Azerbaijan are trapped. They can only enter or leave the country via the airport. Even if I could go there, I wouldn’t. I don’t want to legitimize the regime." This was stated by Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg in an interview with Blankspot. She arrived in Tbilisi, from where she plans to travel to Armenia. She expressed that she has no expectations from the upcoming COP29 climate summit.
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The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry declined to clarify for Turan the conflict reported by the Politico website between Azerbaijan's Ambassador to the EU Vagif Sadikhov and Armenia's head of diplomatic representation to the EU, Tigran Balayan. The Ministry only confirmed that Politico had indeed communicated with the Azerbaijani ambassador and that he told the foreign media outlet that everything Balayan claimed was false.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Kyrgyzstan on November 5 to participate in the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the Organisation of Turkic States.
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