A large-scale tactical exercises by the formations and units of the Defense Ministry, Interior Ministry troops, and the State Border Service, took place on the occasion of Armed Forces Day on June 26 at the landfill Gara Heybat near Baku. The military exercises were attended by the Supreme Commander, President Ilham Aliyev.
More than four thousand personnel, 80 tanks, 100 infantry fighting vehicles, 80 artillery systems, 10 combat aircraft, 20 military and military transport helicopters were involved in the exercises.
Upon completion of the exercise Aliyev addressed before the soldiers, and gave some of them medals and prizes. - 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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