During his state visit to Baku, Russian President Vladimir Putin laid wreaths in the morning of August 19 at the Eternal Flame monument, where participants of the Karabakh War are buried, and at the grave of Heydar Aliyev.
Following this, an official welcome ceremony for the Russian President, who had arrived in Azerbaijan the previous evening on a state visit, took place at the "Zagulba" residence.
After the ceremony, a one-on-one meeting between Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin began.
During the protocol filming, Putin stated that after his visit to Azerbaijan, he would inform Pashinyan about the results of his talks with Aliyev.
"Russia is ready to participate in the settlement between Baku and Yerevan in the areas that are required by both sides. Russia will be happy if it can contribute to the signing of a peace agreement and the demarcation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan," Putin said.
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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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