Oliver Vargeli
Baku/08.05.23/Turan: The European Union is ready for broad cooperation with Azerbaijan. European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Oliver Vargeli wrote about this on his Twitter account.
"It was a pleasure to meet with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayrmov in Budapest to discuss our strategic transport and energy projects. We are ready for further cooperation," he said.
In turn, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said that during the meeting on September 5, Bayramov expressed satisfaction with the level of bilateral relations. He spoke about Azerbaijan's initiatives to expand the "Middle Corridor – Trans-Caspian International Transport Route". He noted that the opening of all communications in the region, including the Zangezur corridor, will significantly strengthen cooperation in the region.
Bayramov also informed Vargeli about the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement process, negotiations on a peace treaty, Azerbaijan's steps to reintegrate the Armenian population, and Armenia's attempts to undermine the peace process. --16---
Politics
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Aide to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev is on a visit to Iran, where he met with Adviser to the President of the Islamic Republic Mehdi Sanayi.
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On January 31, the trial of opposition politician Tofig Yagublu continued at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, where the examination of documents resumed. Yagublu pointed out the falsification of the search protocols related to the search at his home. He drew attention to the fact that the protocol stated that on December 14, 2023, at 16:00, the investigator completed the questioning of the "victim" and decided to conduct a search.
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Elvin Zeynalov, a religious activist living in the village of Mashtaga, was detained on January 31 around noon by individuals in plain clothes outside a store near his home. According to his relatives, later in the evening, Zeynalov was brought back home by people in black clothing, who conducted a search. They took Zeynalov's pants from the wardrobe, put marijuana in the pocket, then "seized" the drugs, filmed the video, and then took the activist away again.
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During the winter session of PACE at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, a "parallel event" was held on January 30 dedicated to the "alarming human rights crisis in Azerbaijan." The hearings were organized by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and PACE member, co-chair of the Group of Unified European Left (Group of the Unified European), Spanish parliamentarian Laura Castel Fort.
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