Official Baku condemned and rejected the allegations made in the statement by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan.
"We strongly condemn and reject the biased statement by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken of December 11, 2024, which distorts the current situation with the protection of human rights and freedoms in our country and is aimed at interfering in the judicial process of Azerbaijan," said the commentary of the official representative of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Ayhan Hajizade.
He regretted that "due to the participation of the US State Department, led by Secretary of State Blinken, in interfering in the internal affairs of Azerbaijan over the past 4 years," these years have been "lost for Azerbaijani-American relations," which "were distinguished by friendship and cooperation at different times."
"It is well known to all that Anthony Blinken's double standards regarding the current human rights situation in our country have paralyzed the US South Caucasus policy as a whole. We hope that under the new US administration, the relations of mutual friendship and partnership between Azerbaijan and the US will be restored," Hajizade continued. On December 11, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken issued a special statement calling on the Azerbaijani authorities to stop repression and release the unjustly arrested journalists and activists.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday issued a statement on escalating crackdown on Azerbaijani civil society and media, urging authorities in Baku to release all those unjustly detained, cease its crackdown, and fulfill the commitments, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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A charter flight operated by Enter Air departed from Yerevan to Baku on Wednesday evening, according to Armenian media citing data from Flightradar24. At Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport, Sputnik Armenia reported that this was a charter flight.
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On Wednesday, a group of famous footballers arrived in Baku. Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba visited several public and cultural sites in the capital and took part in a meeting with football fans at the Crystal Hall.
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On Wednesday, the trial of activist and veteran of the First Karabakh War, Rza Safarsoy, accused of illegal possession of firearms, concluded at the Khazar District Court. The prosecutor recommended a sentence of 3 years in prison for him. The defense requested Safarsoy's acquittal, arguing that his guilt had not been proven during the trial.
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