Baku/02.11.18/Turan: The US Treasury Department lifted sanctions from Turkish Interior Minister Suleiman Soilu and the Minister of Justice Abdulhamid Gul, the Anadolu news agency reported. Ankara responded with a similar step, announcing the lifting of restrictions on two members of the US government. "Sanctions against US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Minister Kirsten Nielsen were lifted as a response to the decision of the US Treasury Department," said Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy.
Aksoy recalled that Turkey imposed sanctions on members of the US government as a "mirror step" against the decision of the US Treasury on August 1 of this year. Tension in the relations of the two countries was connected with the case of the American pastor Edrew Craig Branson, accused in Turkey of links with terrorists. -02D-
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Head of the External Relations and Security Service of the EU Josep Borrel rejected the accusations against him and European countries made by the head of Azerbaijan at the COP29 conference the previous day.
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On Thursday, President Ilham Aliyev received the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, who arrived to participate in the COP29 climate conference.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today issued five rulings on applications from Azerbaijan. The case of "Afgan Mammadov v. Azerbaijan" concerned the complainant's exclusion from the Bar Association. Mammadov was expelled based on a complaint filed by a colleague, which he considered unjust. The ECHR ruled that Mammadov's rights had been violated and ordered Azerbaijan to pay him €5,000 in compensation for moral damage and €1,000 to cover legal costs.
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During the ongoing COP29 climate conference in Baku on November 14, a group of activists staged a protest condemning Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The activists also denounced countries that supply oil and weapons to nations waging aggressive wars. The protest featured placards with slogans such as: "From fossil fuels to peace!", "End war crimes!", "Punish the aggressor!", and "Phase out fossil fuel use to achieve peace!" among others.
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