Minister of Defense of Georgia Tinatin Khidasheli arrived on December 2, in Baku with an official visit. Today she was received by the President Ilham Aliyev noted the importance of cooperation in all spheres, including defense. In response, Khidasheli said about Georgia's interest in strengthening ties between the defense ministries of the two countries. On the same day Khidasheli was adopted by Prime Minister Artur Rasizade. According to the press service of the government, during the meeting they discussed issues of cooperation in the defense industry and military education. Khidasheli spoke in favor of the expansion of this cooperation. The parties touched on a number of other issues of mutual interest. -02D-
Politics
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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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