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German Foreign Minister denounces ‘alarming’ human rights situation in Azerbaijan
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has described the human rights situation in Azerbaijan as alarming.
During a press conference on the sidelines of the COP29 in Baku, asked on the issue of arrested environmental activists and oppositionists in Azerbaijan, Baerbock said Germany calls for the release of the government critics and that she will raise that issue during a meeting with her Azerbaijani counterpart, Turan news agency reported.
“Regardless of this climate conference, the human rights situation has always been part of the political discussions between Germany and the government of Azerbaijan. The human rights situation in Azerbaijan is alarming. The arrests of media representatives, activists and opposition representatives are very concerning. As the German foreign minister, I’d like to say that the ban on entry of 76 members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is totally unacceptable. It also covers members of the Bundestag and it is incompatible with the obligations assumed by Azerbaijan in the Council of Europe,” the minister said.
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