Meeting of Defense Ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia

China and Azerbaijan, described as sincere and equal partners committed to mutual benefit, have experienced significant growth in their bilateral relationship since establishing diplomatic ties in April 1992. This partnership has matured into a stable and strategic collaboration, bolstered by high-level interactions and deepened cooperation across multiple sectors, according to Ding Tao, the chargé d'affaires of China in Azerbaijan.

Director of the Institute of Political Management, political scientist Azer Gasymly has no complaints about prison conditions in Baku pre-trial detention centre-1 and remains cheerful. This was reported to Turan by his wife Samira Gasymly, who visited Azer on 20 December in Baku pre-trial detention centre-1.

The United States on Thursday announced fresh sanctions against senior officials in the Georgian Dream government, in repudiation of their brutal crackdown on pro-Western protesters, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.

The preliminary investigation into the case of activist Nijat Ibrahim has been finalised, and in the coming days it will be submitted to the Baku Court of Grave Crimes for consideration, the defendant's lawyer Zibeyda Sadygova said.