Matthew Miller
The Bidden administration said on Monday that it will be 'monitoring very closely' the outcome of upcoming meetings between North Korean and Russian leaders, calling them both "international pariahs," TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
"Vladimir Putin’s actions have cemented him as an international pariah," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told a daily briefing when responding to TURAN's questions.
Miller's comments came as Kim Jong Un was reportedly on his armored train headed to meet Putin in Russia. U.S. officials believe that Pyongyang and Moscow have discussed a potential arms deal and those talks may continue when Kim visits Russia.
Putin, Miller reminded, has been charged by the ICC with war crimes, was not able to travel to the most recent meeting of the BRICS because of that decision to charge him, and did not show up at the G20 meeting, "no doubt because he didn’t want to hear from a number of the countries there about the results and the consequences of his actions"
The spokesperson also said that Washington is set to impose new sanctions against North Korea if the country ships arms to Russia.
Any shipment of weapons from North Korea to Russia would violate multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, he added. “We of course have aggressively enforced our sanctions against entities that fund Russia’s war effort and we will continue to enforce those sanctions and will not hesitate to impose new sanctions, if appropriate.”
Alex Raufoglu
Politics
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On November 26, the Baku Court of Appeals reviewed the appeal of human rights defender Anar Mammadli, who contested the extension of his detention. Mammadli's lawyer, Javad Javadov, stated that Mammadli argued the extension of his pre-trial detention was unfounded and linked the criminal prosecution to his human rights activities, Turan reported.
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On November 26, a group of reserve officers from the Nakhchivan special forces held a protest near the Azerbaijani presidential administration. The protesters participated in the 44-day war and were discharged after sustaining injuries. They claim that the payments they are entitled to have not been provided.
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On November 26, the Baku Court of Appeals heard a complaint regarding the extension of the detention of former diplomat Emin Ibrahimov. During the hearing, the investigator requested that the complaint be rejected, while Ibrahimov's lawyer, Aghil Laidj, pointed out the lack of grounds for keeping Ibrahimov in custody.
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Arrested economist Fazil Gasimov has reportedly faced pressure after protesting the interruption of a phone call with his family on November 16. "The phone call was cut off, and Fazil demanded that the connection be restored. Then, Jalal Alizadeh, a detention center officer, along with his colleagues, forcibly removed Fazil from the phone room in the medical unit of the facility, tearing his jacket and dragging him across the floor before throwing him into a cell.
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