The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Siyarto who is currently in Baku with a visit was received by the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan. During the meeting with his Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, was marked by the high level of the bilateral political dialogue, press office of the Foreign Ministry reported. P.Siyarto emphasized that the sixth meeting of the Azerbaijani-Hungarian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation in Baku has created favorable conditions for the development of cooperation in the fields of economy, transport, energy, pharmaceuticals, information and communication technologies, agriculture, etc., and also served as a platform to discuss the practical implementation of cooperation projects. He noted the interest of Hungarian companies to cooperate with their Azerbaijani counterparts. During the meeting, was stressed the importance of successful cooperation and mutual support of Azerbaijan and Hungary in the framework of international organizations. On the same day Siyarto was received by Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, with whom he discussed issues of deepening economic cooperation between the two countries. -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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