Baku / 04.24.19 / Turan: China supports the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Azerbaijan, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in Beijing today at a meeting in Beijing with President Ilham Aliyev. The Chinese leader also noted the importance of the Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor within the framework of the One Belt, One Road project promoted by Beijing. Azerbaijan, in turn, as Aliyev noted, has consistently supported the policy of "United China". During the conversation, issues of cooperation in infrastructure, logistics, energy, tourism, agriculture, investment, information and communication technologies, education and the humanitarian sphere, as well as between law enforcement agencies, and prospects for cooperation in the fight against international terrorism were discussed.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev invited the Chairman of the People"s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, to visit Azerbaijan. The invitation was accepted with satisfaction, reports AZERTAJ. -0-
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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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