Moscow / 02.12.19 / Turan: December 2-3, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan.
During the negotiations in Baku, it is planned to discuss key issues of bilateral cooperation. A substantive exchange of views will take place on international and regional issues, including the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement (NKS). It is planned to sign the Consultation Plan for the foreign affairs agencies of Russia and Azerbaijan for 2020, the Russian Foreign Ministry commented.
“Russia continues to play an active role in mediation efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Assistance to the parties in the NKS is among the Russian foreign policy priorities and is in the focus of attention of the President of Russia. We presume that the conflict can be resolved exclusively by political and diplomatic means, through dialogue between the parties. We will continue to contribute to reaching a settlement both in the composition of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on the NKS and in national quality, taking into account our close relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia,” the commentary said.-02D-
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Elnur Hasanov, an activist of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), who was sentenced to three years in prison on drug-related charges, began a hunger strike on December 3. According to the APFP, Hasanov is protesting against his failure to be transferred to a correctional facility and the denial of meetings with his relatives.
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On December 4, the Baku Court of Appeals rejected the appeal to release the founder of Toplum TV, Alesker Mamedli, under house arrest. This was reported by Nasimi Mamedli, the brother of Alesker Mamedli. Alesker Mamedli, who participated in the hearing, stated that there were no grounds for extending the detention and that there were legal reasons for his release under house arrest.
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"I am deeply concerned by the news of the arrest of human rights defender Rufat Safarov. Freedom of speech is a fundamental component of democracy. It gives every individual the freedom to hold and express different opinions," the UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Fergus Old, wrote on his account on the X platform on December 4.
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Opposition politicians have condemned the criminal case against human rights activist Rufat Safarov, who was arrested the day before on suspicion of "fraud" and "hooliganism." Ali Kerimli, leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), stated that Safarov is the most courageous and active human rights defender in the country. "At one point, he refused to serve in the Prosecutor's Office and became a political prisoner. He is a lawyer and a human rights defender, and for this, he became a target for the authorities. In the coming days, he was supposed to fly to the United States to receive an award for his human rights work. The authorities fabricated this criminal case to prevent this. I urge the authorities to drop the slanderous charges against Safarov and release him," Kerimli wrote on Facebook.
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