Next week the Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Baku, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said today at a briefing after talks with OSCE Chairman, Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Mammadyarov said that holding the meeting of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia will depend on the results of the visit of Lavrov to the region. It should be noted that on 4 July Lavrov will visit Yerevan. Most likely, he will arrive in Baku after talks with the Armenian leadership in Yerevan.-16D-
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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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By the order of the head of state, Vusal Aslanov has been appointed Chairman of the Baku Metro CJSC.
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