Today the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister received the Ambassador of IRI to Azerbaijan, Mohammed Bahrami, in connection with the completion of his diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan.
During the meeting, Mammadyarov said that the detention of two Azerbaijani young poets caused a serious public concern in the country. Despite the presentation by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry five notes to the Iranian side, the latter presented only short and incomplete answers.
Mammadyarov demanded the organization, in accordance with the Vienna Convention, meetings of the detained Azerbaijani poets with the Azerbaijani council.
He expressed a hope that the steps of the Iranian side on this issue will correspond to the spirit of mutual relations of friendship between the two countries, according to the press service of Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry.–06D--
Politics
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Today, the trial of the disabled 1st group, paralyzed activist Famil Khalilov ended in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
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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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