The United States said Monday that the Kremlin's attempts to subvert the will of the Moldovan people 'failed', TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
"Moldova won," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Moldova's runoff presidential election, in which Maia Sandu defeated the more Moscow-friendly Alexandr Stoianoglo. "The Moldovan people have spoken. They are intent on continuing to forge a European and democratic path, and their high level of participation in this election reflects this commitment," Blinlen added.
He went on to add that President Sandu is the first Moldovan president to win a mandate for a second term by popular vote, a historic achievement. "We commend the people of Moldova for their commitment to a democracy that reflects the will of the people and for protecting their election from an unprecedented level of Kremlin interference... We stand with the people of Moldova as they continue to chart their democratic, prosperous, and European future," Blinken noted.
State Department's spokesperson Matthew Miller told TURAN's Washington correspondent that Russia "did everything in its power" to disrupt the weekend's election, to undermine Moldova’s democracy, including through illicit financing, including through vote buying, disinformation, and malicious cyber activities.
"But the people of Moldova came forward and made their voices heard," Miller concluded.
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has firmly rejected Azerbaijan's demands to amend Armenia’s constitution to renounce territorial claims as a prerequisite for a peace agreement between the two nations. Pashinyan emphasized that Armenia’s constitution contains no territorial claims against Azerbaijan, underscoring that constitutional amendments under Baku’s pressure are not being considered.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday urged the Azerbaijan government to release human rights champion Rufat Safarov 'immediately' – as well as all the other journalists, rights defenders, political opponents, and others that are unjustly detained, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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Azerbaijan is closely monitoring developments in Syria and, in this context, is conducting consultations with its brotherly partner, Turkey. This was stated in a press release issued by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on the evening of December 10 regarding the latest situation in Syria.
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The preliminary investigation into the case of Aziz Orujov, the director of the internet TV channel Kanal-13, has been completed and the case has been sent to the Sabail District Court in Baku, reported his lawyer, Bakhruz Bayramov. According to the lawyer, the defense will request the termination of the criminal case, as Orujov's guilt has not been proven during the preliminary investigation. Orujov denies the charges and links the case to his professional journalistic activities.
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