U.S. President Joe Biden
Baku/05.08.21/Turan: US President Joe Biden sent congratulations to Nikol Pashinyan on the formation of a new government.
"The United States is committed to assist the parties in comprehensive peace making under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group. We call on Armenia and Azerbaijan to start substantive negotiations as soon as possible.
The United States was happy to help in the release of Armenian prisoners of war from Azerbaijan. We will continue to call for the safe return of all prisoners of war. We hope that the progress we have made in this area with the support of Georgia will form an important basis for further regional cooperation in addition to the discussions initiated by the Minsk Group co-chairs,"the Armenian media quoted Biden as saying. -02D-
Politics
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On February 3, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan annulled the results of the municipal elections held on January 29 at six polling stations. In particular, the voting results were declared invalid due to violations identified at polling stations NN: 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 in the 81st Imishli constituency.
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The opposition party “Musavat” has demanded the release of all political prisoners and stated that the authorities are responsible for their health conditions, it was announced at a meeting of the party's Executive Board (Divan) on Monday. “Musavat” expressed concern over reports of health problems among many political prisoners, including civil society activists Anar Mamedli and Alekser Mamedli.
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The consideration of the lawsuit filed by Hafiz Babaly, the editor of the economics department at Turan news agency, against the online publication Qafqazinfo.az, is being unjustifiably delayed. Babaly had been arrested in connection with the Abzas Media case.
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By the order of the head of state, Rufat Azizov (born 1980) has been appointed the rector of the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University.
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