Day: January 30, 2024

Senator, Chair of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ben Cardin issued a statement on the situation of democracy in Azerbaijan.   “Azerbaijan’s assault on journalists, illegal detention of opposition and alleged use of transnational repression are anti-democratic tactics. Baku must release political prisoners and halt harassment to be part of the international community, ahead of COP29”,…

The United States is prepared to let Turkey back into its F-35 fighter jet program as long as the issue of its acquisition of the Russian S-400 missile defense system is resolved, Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland has told CNN Turk.    “We were in the process of negotiating the Patriot sale, and…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan responded to the proposal of Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to sign a non-aggression pact between Yerevan and Baku, if it turns out that the signing of the peace treaty will take longer than expected.   Azerbaijani MFA spokesman Aykhan Hajizada described the proposal as unacceptable. He noted…