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    CLINTON PRESSES BAKU ON RIGHTS AMID VIOLENCE

    Hurriyet
    June 7 2012

    US Secretary of State Clinton (L) urges the government to respect
    rights. AFP photo

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Azerbaijan yesterday
    to show greater respect for human rights during her visit to Caspian
    Sea nation amid an upsurge of violence in the region.

    In a roughly five-hour visit, Clinton balanced her concerns about
    Azerbaijan's rights record with U.S. interest in its energy resources,
    making time to meet with activists for a more open government as well
    as to tour an annual energy trade show. "We ... urge the government
    to respect their citizens' right to express (their) views peacefully
    (and) to release those who have been detained for doing so," Clinton
    said after meeting Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The call came
    as Azerbaijani forces killed an Armenian soldier in clashes in the
    disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, according to Karabakh officials. The
    incident came after recent killings of five Azerbaijani and three
    Armenian soldiers in two days. Turkey's Foreign Ministry said in a
    statement yesterday that they were watching the spread of incidents
    in to the common border of Azerbaijan and Armenia with deep sadness
    and concern, Anatolia news agency reported.

    Compiled from Reuters, AFP and AA stories by the Daily News staff.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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