Baku / 25.08.18 / Turan: German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Baku early Saturday morning as part of her official visit to the countries of the South Caucasus. At the airport, she was met by First Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov and Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov. From the airport, Merkel went to a meeting with the head of state Ilham Aliyev. -02D-
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U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to assure him that Washington will provide more aid "as soon as the Senate passes the national security package," the White House announced in a readout, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The U.S. State Department cited credible reports of inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by members of the security forces, and other related abuses in Azerbaijan, as well as harsh and sometimes life-threatening conditions in the country's prisons, in an annual human rights report released on Tuesday, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The Narimanov District Court today decided to place opposition politician Gubad Ibadoglu under house arrest, his lawyer Bahruz Bayramov said.
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On Monday afternoon, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev held talks in the Kremlin. Welcoming Aliyev, Putin said that these days the 50th anniversary of the Baikal-Amur Mainline is being celebrated. "Everyone knows very well that your father played a very significant role, headed a government commission, and went to the construction site many times. In fact, he was one of the organizers of this grandiose project, important for the entire Soviet Union. We know this, we remember and we are very grateful to him, we keep the memory of it", Putin noted.
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