Baku/19.07.23/Turan: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the leadership of Azerbaijan for providing humanitarian assistance in the form of supplies of electrical equipment. “I welcome the decision to provide assistance for the purchase of power equipment for the needs of Ukraine. This support of friendly Azerbaijan is important for ensuring the stability of the energy complex of Ukraine in the face of constant attacks by the aggressor. We continue to actively work with our partners to prepare the energy system for winter,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter.
On July 17, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order to allocate $7.6 million for the purchase and supply of electrical equipment to Ukraine.—06B-
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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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