Blinken had a conversation with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, citing the media of the Republic of Azerbaijan, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had a separate telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that Blinken discussed the agreement between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia in He welcomed the demarcation of the border between the two countries based on the Almaty declaration.

Matthew Miller said in a statement: The US Secretary of State welcomed President Aliyev’s announcement last week that Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to use The Declaration of Almaty in 1991 recognized as a basis for the delimitation of the borders and emphasized the importance of this for both sides to achieve a lasting and dignified peace.

Shad: The US Secretary of State once again emphasized the readiness of the United States to support these efforts and asked President Aliyev to move in step with his Armenian counterpart. Blinken emphasized our commitment to strong bilateral relations between the United States and Azerbaijan, and noted our efforts to work together on common goals in the fields of energy, climate and communications and ensure the success of the COP 29 conference in Baku.

In the statement published by the US State Department, Blinken welcomed Azerbaijan’s move to change the prison sentence of Gobad Ebadoglu to house arrest as a humanitarian gesture and demanded his complete and immediate release. The US Secretary of State once again asked the Republic of Azerbaijan to fulfill its international obligations in the field of human rights and release the unjust prisoners in Azerbaijan. The telephone conversation stated that “Ilham Aliyev emphasized that Azerbaijan adheres to its obligations in the field of human rights and democratic reforms continue.” Welfare of Azerbaijan was replaced by house arrest. He was arrested on July 23 last year. He has been accused based on Article 204.1 of the Penal Code (preparation for the purpose of sale, either acquiring or selling counterfeit money or currency) and also Article 3.1 (in case of committing the same acts by an organized group). Later, a new charge was brought under Article 3.167-1 (provision, possession or distribution of religious extremist materials) of the Criminal Code. This politician called all the accusations false.

In recent months, more than 20 journalists and social activists have been arrested in the Republic of Azerbaijan on charges of smuggling and other charges. They do not agree with these charges and call it professional activities and political freedom. According to lists prepared by local human rights organizations, there are currently 250 to 300 political prisoners in the Republic of Azerbaijan. But the Azerbaijani authorities do not accept the claim of the presence of political prisoners in the country. They say that the people who were included in those lists were tried only for their actions. America emphasized the progress towards a lasting and dignified peace agreement between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan. Blinken noted that America supports its efforts to support Armenia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as Prime Minister Pashinyan’s vision of a prosperous, democratic and independent future for Armenia. Armenia continues.

It should be said that the conflict in Karabagh, which intensified in the 80s of the last century, caused a conflict between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia. Baku lost control of 20% of the regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Four years ago, as a result of the second 44-day Karabakh war and last year’s one-day operation, the Republic of Azerbaijan regained control of the occupied territories.

Armenia launched the one-day operation in Karabakh in He called the past “ethnic cleansing”. After that time, the Armenian population migrated from Karabakh.

Although separate negotiations between the two countries have been conducted with the mediation of the European Union and Russia, a peace treaty has not yet been signed.

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