Washington will this week issue an election statement on Azerbaijani presidential election, "as soon as the process is over", TURAN's correspondent was told by the official sources.
The State Department on Monday refrained from commenting on the early assessments.
"We do have observers from the US Mission in Azerbaijan as well as US election experts that are part of the OSCE ODIHR mission that will be monitoring the situation on the ground. And after the elections are over, we will have a statement and make a comment on it then," Marie Harf, State Demartment Deputy Spokesperson, said during the daily press conference, October 9.
In the meantime, she referred the Department's previous call on the Azeri government as "there were some positive and negative parts of the run-up to this election."
"Certainly, we've called on the government to allow freedom of expression for folks to fully participate in the process."
When asked if there were violations during Wednesday election, she answered, "certainly, we'll have a comment on the elections. And if we have any credible reports about it, I'm happy to talk about it then."-025B-
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On November 15, animal rights activist Kamran Mammadli was detained while staging a protest at the COP29 climate conference. Mammadli was protesting the shooting of street dogs in Azerbaijan. He raised a sign above his head that read: "Azerbaijani authorities are shooting dogs on the streets!" He also shouted: "Resign those who teach youth to be sycophants under the guise of volunteerism!"
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Arrested Abzas Media journalists were pressured in Baku pretrial detention center No. 1.
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On November 15, the Tbilisi City Court heard the merits of the complaint filed by the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, Afgan Sadygov, against the denial of political asylum in Georgia.
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The United States has been working with Azerbaijan for a long time on energy issues and fossil fuel emissions, particularly focusing on technologies that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and help transition to clean energy, the U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm stated at a press conference on November 15 during COP29 in Baku, in response to a question from Turan about how the U.S. can assist Azerbaijan in its transition to renewable and green energy.
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