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Baku/19.01.18/Turan: The Minister of Taxes Mikail Jabbarov received the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Robert Sekutu. This was reported by the Ministry of Taxes on January 19. During the meeting, the sides discussed the current state and prospects of bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and the United States. The parties expressed interest in further strengthening and development of cooperation and noted that business relations promote such cooperation. The parties exchanged views on the country's tax environment, existing conditions for foreign investors, as well as on other issues of mutual interest, the report 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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