Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, Novruz Mammadov, angrily responded to the criticism of the US Ambassador to the OSCE, Daniel Bayer, in connection of closing the Baku office of "Radio Azadlig." Bayer wrote on his Twitter page: "The attack on the free media is a behavior of weak, insecure corrupt governments and leaders."
In turn, Mammadov in his microblog on Twitter in four languages called Bayer’s opinion biased and aimed at damaging bilateral relations.
"Unfortunately, some US officials and diplomats lose their sense of measure. One of them, Mr. Baier forgets that the true birthplace of violence, and corruption, is his country. Apparently the US representative to the OSCE, Bayer, does not know anything about what is happening in his country," ironically says Mamedov.
Mamedov advises Bayer to familiarize with hearings held recently in the Senate Intelligence Committee ( the talk is about tortures by the US secret services.) -16D06-
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On September 18, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with a delegation led by U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Joshua Huck. The meeting focused on issues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation, the regional situation in the post-conflict period, and the prospects for normalizing relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, as reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Despite efforts to create a positive dynamic in bilateral relations and cooperation prospects, biased opinions from certain U.S. officials negatively impact our bilateral relations," the statement noted.
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Dozens of international human rights organizations have sent a letter to Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Perri to urge him not to ratify the powers of the Azerbaijani delegation in PACE due to increasing repression following the presidential elections on February 7 and the parliamentary elections on September 1, 2024, which have led to unprecedented repression.
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On September 19, Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade will travel to Russia to participate in the XX International Muslim Forum. The event, themed "The Path to Peace: Dialogue as the Basis for Harmonious Coexistence," will take place in Moscow on September 21. The visit is at the invitation of the Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia, Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gaynutdin.
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Economist and PhD candidate at Istanbul University Fazil Gasimov has been on a hunger strike for 97 days at the Penitentiary Service Medical Facility. On September 17, he was visited by representatives from the Baku office of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to his lawyer Rovshan Rahimli. The lawyer stated that the Penitentiary Service is applying pressure on Gasimov to end his hunger strike.
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