The President of Azerbaijan met with the head of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev on March 4 in Sofia during the visit. Initially, the presidents had one-on-one conversation, and then with the participation of delegations. The sides expressed satisfaction with development of bilateral relations in political, economic, energy, humanitarian, cultural and other fields.
It was stressed that there are great prospects and good opportunities for expanding cooperation.
After the meeting, the heads of state signed the "Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Bulgaria." Aliyev also met with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. The central theme was the project of the Southern Gas Corridor. The sides expressed satisfaction with the cooperation in this matter, the website of Ilham Aliyev.
The Azerbaijani delegation included also the Foreign Minister, the Minister of Communications, and other senior executives of the country. -02D-
Politics
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Today, the trial of the disabled 1st group, paralyzed activist Famil Khalilov ended in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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