The head of the Caucasus Muslims Department, Allahshukur Pashazade, received the Vatican Cardinal, Gianfranco Ravazini. The sides noted the high level of cooperation, noting that it should be continued.
Pashazade said that in 2014 it is planned to hold Interreligious Advisory Council of the CIS. According to him, as soon as the issue is resolved, he wills end invitation to Vatican. Cardinal Ravazini praised the project of Heydar Aliyev Foundation to restore the catacombs in Rome.
Today, the Vatican delegation was received by the President Ilham Aliyev.
The President awarded Cardinal a "Dostlug" Order (Friendship) for merits in strengthening bilateral ties.
Cardinal gave Ilham Aliyeva medal of Vatican Sede Vacante. -05C04-
Politics
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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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