Baku / 08.02.18 / Turan: "All freedoms in Azerbaijan are guaranteed and must be guaranteed, this is our policy," President Ilham Aliyev said at the congress of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party. "In the coming years, new steps will be taken for democratic development, political reforms will continue," he continued. In his opinion, in recent years "excellent results" have been achieved in this direction. "We must try to get closer to the standards of the most developed countries in the democratic world. And we will do it," he continued.
"I think that if we want to turn Azerbaijan into a developed country, political and economic reforms should be carried out in parallel," the head of state said. He also announced full freedom of conscience in Azerbaijan and this will continue. -06D--
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Imran Gurbanov, a local activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) has been detained in the Sharur district of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR), the head of the Nakhchivan regional PFPA organization, Yashar Bagirsoy told Turan.
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On Tuesday, May 21, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov had a telephone conversation with Acting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani. According to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Bayramov expressed his deep condolences over the deaths of the president, Foreign Minister and other officials of Iran as a result of the helicopter crash.
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On May 21, the Sabail District Court of Baku extended the term of pre-trial detention of Aziz Orujev, head of “Kanal 13” Internet television, and Shamo Eminov, an employee of this media structure, for another month, relatives of journalists told Turan. According to them, appeals will be filed against the court's decisions.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called his last meeting with Iranian President Seyed Ibrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, "historic." "Our joint participation in the opening of a major infrastructure project on the state border was evidence of the strength of Iranian-Azerbaijani relations. It was a completely open message to both our peoples and the whole world that we are friends, brothers, and will continue to be together. The official statement of the late President Raisi and my official statement made after the opening ceremony had a very serious political significance. Both presidents openly stated that the countries located in the region should actively participate in its further development," Aliyev said today during a visit to the Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan to express condolences over the death of Raisi.
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