Within the framework of the trilateral meeting of foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran in the Turkish city of Van, on March 14 a meeting of Azerbaijani and Iranian ministers, Elmar Mammadyarov and Javad Zarif, took place. According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry, during the meeting they discussed expanding bilateral cooperation in various fields, and increase the number of mutual visits.
They also exchanged views on the development of the legal status of the Caspian Sea. Iranian minister confirmed support of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity by Tehran. They also exchanged views on other international and regional issues of common concern. –06D—
Politics
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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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