Azerbaijan is a supporter of sustainable peace in the South Caucasus and supports the regional peace agenda, normalization of relations and signing of a peace treaty with Armenia, stated Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at a meeting with the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Pia Kaumu on November 13.
He noted that after Azerbaijan liberated its territories occupied by Armenia, there are now good opportunities for a peaceful agenda.
Aliyev stressed that after the 44-day war in 2020, it was Azerbaijan that initiated the peace treaty with Armenia and the principles that form its basis.
Currently, Azerbaijan has presented a clear and transparent program concerning coexistence and the right to return.
However, Yerevan denies the right of Azerbaijanis to return to Armenia and does not present any view on this issue, the Azerbaijani president noted.
During the meeting, it was noted that the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly can become an effective platform for building trust between the delegations of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Politics
-
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
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
Leave a review