The National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) issued a statement in connection with the policy of European integration of Azerbaijan.
The National Council called the European integration "the most faithful strategic choice not having any alternative to meet the interests of the people and the state."
Azerbaijan suffers from negative processes, such as corruption, bribery falsification of elections, violation of human rights, offshore zones, the presence of political prisoners. The most optimal "medicine" to deal with such phenomenon is the European integration. The authors of the statement condemn the authorities of Azerbaijan in creating obstacles to cooperation with the EU.
In the name of their mercantile interests the authorities hamper the country's accession to the WTO.
The statement authors call on Baku stop to sacrifice the interests of the state to their own interests.
The National Council calls on the authorities to sign the Association Agreement with the EU and free trade agreement. -05D04-
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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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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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