The theme of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement requires silence, and diplomats and experts should work on it, said at a press briefing Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Maria Zakharova, responding to a question about the results of the trilateral meeting of the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in St. Petersburg. "It is important not to spray the positive progress in the public rhetoric, it must be preserved, in order to be realized in the course of concrete steps. Some topics require silence, because diplomats and experts should work here," she said. Expressing understanding of the media’s interest in the topic, she noted that "there is a difference between informing and use of public space for the tug of war." After the meeting of the three presidents the representative of Azerbaijan Novruz Mammadov said on reaching agreement on a phased settlement. The Armenian side denied it, and the Russian Foreign Ministry, represented by Zakharova called Mamedov “unfair and perverse.”- 02D-
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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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