was the german chancellor was welcomed by an azerbaijani honor guard but president ilham aliyev didn't welcome everyone in medicals delegation parliamentarian ah but viler a member of merkel's party was not allowed into the country he had visited the disputed region of the gorno car a box he was quickly replaced by another going to start member johann vida for despite the snow medical defended her visit she said it wouldn't be possible to resolve conflict without talks mentioned wastes. we had a frank discussion about human rights and we didn't agree on every issue but i argued for a strong civil society and that's has to include an open secular society and tired of one side was as are part john could help germany become less dependent on russian energy but who is currently building a pipeline to supply natural gas to europe via turkey go along this there are no problems whatsoever we will finish the pipeline on time so that we can make a large contribution to europe's energy security germany hopes the southern gas core door is expanding but who could eventually help deliver gas to be

merkel has called for a stronger economic ties with azerbaijan following a meeting with president ilham aliyev the two leaders discussed expanding a gas pipeline to southern europe and the human rights situation in the former soviet republic as a by john is merkel's last stop of the three day tour which also included georgia and our medium. russian opposition leader oh that's saying a volley has been arrested outside his home in moscow. who's been jailed several times for organizing anti kremlin protests was barred from running in russia's presidential election earlier this year the reason for his detention today is unclear. a fire at a resort hotel in northeastern china has left at least one thousand people dead and more than twenty others injured the blaze broke out in the city of harbin before dawn firefighters rescued scores of guests at the hotel. now row hinge or refugees in bangladesh have been marking one year since the start of the myanmar crackdown that forced them to leave their homes protesters marched through the caucasus bazaar region where hundreds of thousands are living in mak