On Wednesday, President Ilham Aliyev received the executive director of the oil company BP Robert Dudley. According to the press service of the President, the meeting discussed the successful cooperation of BP and SOCAR in the realization of the projects "ACG", "Shah Deniz" and the Southern Gas Corridor.
The parties confirmed their commitment to continue the project of the Southern Gas Corridor, and the cooperation of the parties in the future, the report says. According to experts, visit of Dudley is most likely due to a sharp fall in oil prices. In such a situation, BP announced the reduction of employees in all projects, including projects in Azerbaijan. In addition, low oil prices require adjustments in the investment process. -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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