On May 9 to the American initiative, there was a telephone conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and the US Secretary of State John Kerry.
As the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry said, the sides discussed the situation in Syria and specific steps to resolve it.
Besides, the parties touched upon the settlement of the Karabakh conflict and the possible steps of the OSCE Minsk Group at this stage, the report says.
Recall that a few days ago, Lavrov said that the OSCE MG is working to organize a meeting with representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan. -02D-
Politics
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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On February 6, by the decree of Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, Sahil Babayev was relieved of his duties as Minister of Labor and Social Protection.
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