Baku / 21.04.18 / Turan: "The United States is ready to work with President Ilham Aliyev and the Azerbaijani people in various aspects, including human rights, democracy, respect for fundamental freedoms, support for economic reforms and welfare, and combating terrorism," reads the statement of the US Mission to the OSCE regarding the presidential elections on April 11.
The US Embassy in Azerbaijan reports that the statement was submitted to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry by Charge d'Affaires of Affairs Harry Garian. "We also, while carrying out long-term activities with the Minsk Group, are ready to provide support in the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," the statement said.
It is noted that the United States agrees with the OSCE's initial assessment of the issue in connection with the elections. "In the initial report, a number of mistakes were noted, including a limited political environment, the restriction of fundamental principles, the lack of conditions for competition. With good organization of elections, OSCE observers note numerous violations of the electoral process, lack of transparency, ballot rigging."
In the statement, the Azerbaijani government is invited to promptly eliminate the problems. -0--
Politics
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Aide to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev is on a visit to Iran, where he met with Adviser to the President of the Islamic Republic Mehdi Sanayi.
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On January 31, the trial of opposition politician Tofig Yagublu continued at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, where the examination of documents resumed. Yagublu pointed out the falsification of the search protocols related to the search at his home. He drew attention to the fact that the protocol stated that on December 14, 2023, at 16:00, the investigator completed the questioning of the "victim" and decided to conduct a search.
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Elvin Zeynalov, a religious activist living in the village of Mashtaga, was detained on January 31 around noon by individuals in plain clothes outside a store near his home. According to his relatives, later in the evening, Zeynalov was brought back home by people in black clothing, who conducted a search. They took Zeynalov's pants from the wardrobe, put marijuana in the pocket, then "seized" the drugs, filmed the video, and then took the activist away again.
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During the winter session of PACE at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, a "parallel event" was held on January 30 dedicated to the "alarming human rights crisis in Azerbaijan." The hearings were organized by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and PACE member, co-chair of the Group of Unified European Left (Group of the Unified European), Spanish parliamentarian Laura Castel Fort.
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