Moscow calls on the Karabakh conflict sides to renounce the use of force and to show political will to reach a compromise, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
"Unfortunately, the resumption of political dialogue is complicated by the worsening situation in the conflict zone and the increase in the number of casualties, including among civilians.
We believe that further escalation is simply unacceptable. We urge the parties to renounce the use of force and to demonstrate the political will necessary to reach a compromise," she said.
According to Zakharova, the theme of the Karabakh conflict settlement was considered in detail during the visit of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan to Moscow in April-May this year.
"It is also a subject of ongoing contacts of Sergey Lavrov with his foreign colleagues. We are working in this direction in close cooperation with the United States and France. Recently, on the sidelines of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, the Foreign Minister held a meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group, which addressed practical issues of settlement in anticipation of the upcoming visit of the co-chairs to the region this month," she added. -02D-
Politics
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Aide to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev is on a visit to Iran, where he met with Adviser to the President of the Islamic Republic Mehdi Sanayi.
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On January 31, the trial of opposition politician Tofig Yagublu continued at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, where the examination of documents resumed. Yagublu pointed out the falsification of the search protocols related to the search at his home. He drew attention to the fact that the protocol stated that on December 14, 2023, at 16:00, the investigator completed the questioning of the "victim" and decided to conduct a search.
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Elvin Zeynalov, a religious activist living in the village of Mashtaga, was detained on January 31 around noon by individuals in plain clothes outside a store near his home. According to his relatives, later in the evening, Zeynalov was brought back home by people in black clothing, who conducted a search. They took Zeynalov's pants from the wardrobe, put marijuana in the pocket, then "seized" the drugs, filmed the video, and then took the activist away again.
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During the winter session of PACE at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, a "parallel event" was held on January 30 dedicated to the "alarming human rights crisis in Azerbaijan." The hearings were organized by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and PACE member, co-chair of the Group of Unified European Left (Group of the Unified European), Spanish parliamentarian Laura Castel Fort.
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