European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus Toivo Klaar does not confirm reports about the concentration of troops and tension on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
«Despite certain allegations about military movements it is reassuring to know that @EUmARMENIA is able to refute these. It also remains an untapped resource to help defuse misunderstandings and false perceptions and can provide good offices to both», - He wrote on 6 April in his account on platform X.
In its turn, the European Union Mission in Armenia reported a little earlier that on Saturday «patrolled today in the areas of Sotk, Verin Shorzha, Aravus and Movses. The situation was reported to be stable and calm».
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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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