Ангела Меркель
Baku / 15.09.18 / Turan: Russia destabilizes the situation in Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova and Azerbaijan. This was stated by the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, speaking before the German soldiers stationed in Lithuania.
"We see that, in fact, almost all former Soviet republics that are not part of the EU or NATO are facing internal conflicts created by Russia," she said.
Today, all these states are busy recovering their territorial integrity, since Russia either separated parts of their territories or sparked conflicts there, Merkel added. As an example, she named Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova and Azerbaijan.
The units of the Bundeswehr, located in the Baltic countries within the framework of the NATO mission, are necessary to contain the hybrid war that Russia is waging. This war includes cyber attacks, said Angela Merkel.
A little over 4,500 NATO soldiers and officers are deployed on the rotational basis in the Baltic countries and Poland. -02D-
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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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