US Department of State Again Called for Release of Political Prisoners in Azerbaijan
“The United States is deeply concerned by the incarceration of all of those detained in connection with exercising their fundamental freedoms, including journalist Khadija Ismayilova, and we have called for their release. We urge the Government of Azerbaijan to respect the universal rights of its citizens to ensure they are afforded all the fair trial guarantees to which all citizens are entitled and to allow them to freely express their views.” This was stated by the Department of State spokesman Jeff Rathke at a press briefing in Washington D.C. on May 5. -16D04-
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Azerbaijan called on Armenia to abandon provocative actions and choose between completing the normalization process or continuing a path of confrontation, after a diplomatic clash at the Francophonie Summit in France earlier this week.
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President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on awarding Presidential scholarships to students admitted to higher educational institutions of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2024-2025 academic year.
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New Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Russia Rahman Mustafayev was received by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on 4 October.
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