On 4 February President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the new Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan, Hasan Zeynalov, who presented his credentials to the head of state. During the meeting the sides exchanged views on prospects for further development of bilateral cooperation in trade, economic, energy, transit and transport spheres, the press service of the Turkmen leader.
In particular, it was noted that the geographical position of the neighboring countries creates favorable conditions for the realization of new projects on the formation of transcontinental communication corridors, providing favorable land and sea cargo transportation routes. Also it expressed the desire to strengthen partnership in the spheres of education, science, culture, arts, sports and tourism. President of Turkmenistan proposed to organize a joint forum on cooperation between the two countries in the sphere of culture. -02D-
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will hold talks in Moscow on January 17 and make statements for the press, according to the Kremlin's press service.
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On January 13, the trial in the case of public activist Nijat Ibrahim continued in the Baku Serious Crimes Court under the chairmanship of Judge Aygun Gurbanova. The trial was suspended after Ibrahim, in protest against the illegal arrest, began banging his head against the "aquarium cage", trying to commit suicide. At the beginning of the trial, he stated that he had been illegally detained for 4 months, and because of this, his family in Moldova was in a difficult situation, Turan announced this on its Twitter.
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The International Committee of Concerned Scholars (ICS) has appealed to the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, requesting his assistance in securing the release of the arrested researcher, Igbal Abilov. The ICS expressed concern that Abilov's arrest "may be related to his research on ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan, conducted in collaboration with scholars from Armenia."
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Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maka Botchorishvili, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Georgia, Faig Guliyev.
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