Turkey signed an agreement on normalization of its relations with Israel, Reuters reported, referring to the statement by the representative of the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
The agreement is intended to complete the six-year conflict between the two countries caused by the incident with the Turkish ferry Mavi Marmara in 2010.
Israel will pay compensation of $ 20 million for the death of ten Turkish citizens in the Mediterranean and bring a formal apology to Ankara.
Making concessions to the Turkish authorities, in return, Israel expects to unlock the trade-economic and military cooperation with Turkey, which will provide access to the Israeli gas to Turkey and Europe, as well as strengthen the international ties of the Jewish state. -02D-
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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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