Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan are certainly disturbed by the two major hotbeds of instability - Afghanistan and the Middle East, in the immediate vicinity of their boundaries. The threat of international terrorism and cross-border crime, the flow of drugs, arms smuggling, and movement of militants are coming from there. In an interview with Azertaj this was said by the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"There should be no double standards and it is impossible to divide terrorists into "good" and "bad". And, of course, it is unacceptable and extremely dangerous to attempt to use terrorist and radical extremist groups in political or geopolitical interests.
These principles are actively promoted by our country in the international community, seeking to maximize and strengthen multilateral cooperation both at the political level and between law enforcement bodies and special services.
Today we can say that Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran have established a close dialogue in this area. Thus, with Baku we interact within the framework of the CIS Anti-Terrorist Centre, as well as on a bilateral basis. We have proximity of the key approaches with Tehran. We see additional features in the deepening of multilateral anti-terror cooperation in the SCO.
Together with Iranian partners we carry out the Clean Caspian operation to curb the illicit drug supply channels. Great potential is available at the forum Caspian Antidrug Five.
I think there are very good prospects for intensifying anti-terrorist and anti-drug interaction in the trilateral format," said Putin. -02D-
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After the steps taken by France to equip Armenia with Bastion multi-purpose armored vehicles and Caesar self-propelled artillery units, the European Union's decision to send military aid to Armenia is a very wrong and dangerous step and serves to increase tensions in the region. Such activities by the European Union are clearly unilateral and biased, and are a manifestation of the policy of creating "divisive lines" in the region. Aykhan Hajizadeh, press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, said this while commenting on the decision of the Council of the European Union to provide military aid in the amount of 10 million euros to Armenia within the framework of the European Peace Fund.
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The Council today renewed the EU restrictive measures in view of the Russian Federation's continuing actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine for a further 6 months, until 31 January 2025.
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On July 22, the President of Azerbaijan signed a decree on amendments to the Regulation "On the ASAN Viza system". The changes affected the list of data required for foreigners to obtain an electronic visa through the ASAN Viza system. Thus, foreign citizens no longer need to enter information into the system about whether they visited Karabakh and other regions of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia after 1991.
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Istanbul University doctoral student, economist Fazil Gasimov has been on hunger strike for 38 days in the Baku pre-trial detention center. He is protesting against an illegal arrest.
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