The draft "Act of democracy in Azerbaijan" presented by the Chairman of the US Helsinki Commission, Congressman Chris Smith, has an anti-Azerbaijani nature and unacceptable. Chris Smith is famous for his pro-Armenian position, and is influenced by the Armenian lobby in the United States, reads the statement of Hikmet Hajiyev , the head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. According to him, " such preconceived steps can have a negative impact on the image of the US among the Azerbaijani public."
The comment of the Foreign Ministry also said that the authors of this document, "are intended to cast doubt on the successful cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States in the field of energy security, fight against terrorism and the economy."
"The bill proves once again shows that such projects as the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars, TAP/TANAP, the restoration of the Silk Road, seriously concern some anti-Azerbaijani circles," believes Hikmat Hajiyev.
In conclusion, he noted that Azerbaijan has fully secured and guaranteed the rule of law, an independent judiciary, fundamental rights and freedoms, freedom of the press.
The bill provides for the imposition of sanctions against state officials of Azerbaijan for human rights violations. -16D04-
Politics
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will hold talks in Moscow on January 17 and make statements for the press, according to the Kremlin's press service.
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On January 13, the trial in the case of public activist Nijat Ibrahim continued in the Baku Serious Crimes Court under the chairmanship of Judge Aygun Gurbanova. The trial was suspended after Ibrahim, in protest against the illegal arrest, began banging his head against the "aquarium cage", trying to commit suicide. At the beginning of the trial, he stated that he had been illegally detained for 4 months, and because of this, his family in Moldova was in a difficult situation, Turan announced this on its Twitter.
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The International Committee of Concerned Scholars (ICS) has appealed to the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, requesting his assistance in securing the release of the arrested researcher, Igbal Abilov. The ICS expressed concern that Abilov's arrest "may be related to his research on ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan, conducted in collaboration with scholars from Armenia."
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Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maka Botchorishvili, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Georgia, Faig Guliyev.
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