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Baku/10.12.20/Turan: The positive position of Russian President Vladimir Putin made it possible to reduce the escalation of tension in Nagorno-Karabakh and direct the processes in a positive direction. This was stated on December 10 at a briefing in Baku by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following talks with Ilham Aliyev.
Turkey and its inhabitants have no hatred for the Armenian people. “All the problems are with the leadership of Armenia,” Erdogan noted, adding that today more than 100 thousand Armenian citizens live and work in Turkey.
The Turkish leader commented on the likelihood of opening the border with Armenia. “If Yerevan takes positive steps towards Ankara, we will open the borders. We have no desire to keep the border closed forever," Erdogan stressed.
He also condemned the decision of the French parliamentarians to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh. “Even Armenia does not recognize this entity, and French President Emmanuel Macron is trying to push such an initiative through parliament. This suggests that Macron has not even become a politician,” Erdogan said. -0-
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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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