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Azerbaijan's actions jeopardize the US-Azerbaijani relations, a representative of the State Department said in an interview with the Russian service of Radio Liberty.

Tom Malinowski, Assistant Secretary of State for Labor, Democracy and Human Rights, ki said that in Azerbaijan, as in any other country, no one should be arrested for journalistic activities or freedom of expression, contact.az reported.

“We clearly brought to the attention of the Azerbaijani authorities that we want these people released, including the journalist for Radio Azadlig, Khadija Ismayilova. They need to understand that stifling civil society, they jeopardize the US-Azerbaijani relations,” said Malinowski.

“Now I can only say that for 20 years the US had good relations with Azerbaijan. Sometimes there were differences on various issues, including human rights. However, we always seek solutions to problems, so it is difficult to understand the events happening in Azerbaijan in recent months. These actions call into question our relationship. During consultations with the Azerbaijani authorities, we are trying to bring them to this in a simple form,” he added.

To the question, what are the expectations of Malinowski and whether the dettainees will be released, the Assistant Secretary of State said he did not know exactly when it will happen. "

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