Oktay Asadov, speaker of Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan will attend the Oath-Taking Ceremony for Iran's new presidents Hasan Rouhani on August 4, according to IRNA news agency.
Javanshir Akhundov, the Azerbaijan Ambassador to Iran said on Wednesday at a meeting with the chair of Iranian Parliament Mousavi, that the visit would have a positive effect on the expansion of bilateral relations, especially on parliamentary cooperation.
Mousavi referred to the importance of parliamentary relations and important role of parliamentary friendship groups in developing and strengthening ties and said that given the historical, cultural and religious commonalities provide mutual interests between the two countries.
Recall that Iranian side invited to the ceremony president Ilham Aliyev.-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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