Russia eyes joint drive with Turkey on rights [View all]

[FarCenter]

Long subjected to pressure for curbing free speech, Turkey and Russia have agreed to consult and cooperate at international events in a bid to confront attempts to “politicize” international human rights law, according to officials from both countries.

Both Moscow and Ankara believe the “politicization of international human rights law and humanitarian law and usage as tool for political goals” is unacceptable, a Turkish official told the Hürriyet Daily News yesterday.

The comments come in the wake of a Dec. 8 visit to Ankara by Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s commissioner for human rights, democracy and the rule of law, to begin a consultation mechanism on human rights issues.

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