Following a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Berlin, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for greater respect for human rights in the Central Asian republic. “The German government is committed to upholding human rights worldwide, and that also applies to Azerbaijan,” Scholz said at a joint press conference with Aliyev on Friday in response to a question from journalists. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), human rights defenders and the media must be able to work “freely and without pressure” in the country, he said. Scholz said he discussed the general situation in Azerb…