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“The next dialogue between Azerbaijan and the US on the issues of democratization was large scale and covered a number of themes”, U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse told journalists, APA reports. She said that the US had expressed its support for democracy and Human Rights in Azerbaijan and put forward proposals in connection with the processes.
“We noted once more that the most active partners of the US are the countries, where democracy has developed”, the Ambassador said. The Ambassador said that Azerbaijan had chosen the way of integration and development and the US supported this way. The diplomat especially underlined the issue on the freedom of media. “Democracy is impossible without free media. Conditions should be created for free activity of journalists. They should not be arrested for their writings and libel,” she said.
Touching on the elections Anne Derse said free and fair election did not only mean voting and counting of votes.
“First of all atmosphere should be created so that the citizens can make independent choice. The candidates should have free access to media and people should have the right to freedom of assembly”, she said.
