‘The United States of America welcomes the decision of Azerbaijan and Armenia to formalise procedural rules for border delimitation.’ This was written by US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller in his account on 'Platform X' on Thursday.
He said the formalization of procedural rules for border delimitation between Azerbaijan and Armenia demonstrates that the progress is possible through dialogue.
‘The United States supports the efforts of both sides to achieve a lasting, dignified peace for the sake of security and prosperity in the region,’ Miller said.
On 25 October, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Vagn Khachaturyan separately signed the ‘State Commission on Delimitation of the State Border between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia.
The approval of the document in Azerbaijan and Armenia coincides with the meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Kazan on 24 October.
At the end of the meeting, President Ilham Aliyev said that the sides discussed the advancement of the bilateral peace agenda, including the peace agreement, border delimitation and demarcation, as well as other issues of mutual interest.
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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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