Georgian PM to discuss peace issues in Baku and Yerevan
On March 16, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze will visit Azerbaijan, he told reporters about it. "This Saturday there will be a visit to Azerbaijan, and a week later to Armenia," Kobakhidze said. According to him, "all important issues" will be discussed at the meetings in Baku and Yerevan, including ensuring peace.
"It is important to ensure peace in the region, and here you know that our country has always played a positive role, accordingly, everything will be done to deepen bilateral relations and promote peace and stability in our region, in the South Caucasus," he added.
Politics
-
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
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
Leave a review