Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Georgia discussed the implementation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars" railway. Our relations with Georgia is more than a strategic partnership", said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov at a press conference on Monday after talks with Foreign Minister of Georgia Mikheil Janelidze. Bilateral issues were discussed, as well as the project "Southern Gas Corridor", Mammadyarov said. The status of implementation of transport projects Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, the launch of which will take place this year, was also discussed.
Referring to the situation on delimitation of the Azerbaijani-Georgian border, Mammadyarov said that of the 480 km, 314 km have already been agreed. "We need to speed up the solution of this issue," he said, recalling the imminent arrival in Baku of the working group from Georgia. Part of the border passes through the medieval monastery "David Gareji". The Georgian side asked give it this part in exchange for the equal territory on another site. Baku refuses the exchange. -02D-
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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On February 6, by the decree of Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, Sahil Babayev was relieved of his duties as Minister of Labor and Social Protection.
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