During his visit to Germany on January 20, Ilham Aliyev met with the Foreign Minister of this country, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
According to the official report, the sides exchanged views on the current state and prospects of bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Germany, as well as the Karabakh conflict.
The same day, Aliyev met with Chairman of the Munich International Security Conference Wolfgang Ischinger Fredrik.
They discussed issues of regional security and other international issues.
Recall that on January 21 Aliyev will meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
As expected, the focus will be energy cooperation and the human rights issue in Azerbaijan.
Today Aliyev will leave for Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Aliyev will return to Munich next month, where the 51st annual Munich Security Conference will be held on February 6-8. The Forum, which has been held since 1962, will be attended by military and political leaders, political scientists, media representatives of NATO member states, countries of Eastern Europe, China, India, and Japan. -02D-
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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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