Politics
Iranian minister of culture Mohammad Hoseini: “We have to extend bilateral relations with Azerbaijan in the field of culture and tourism”
Iran and Azerbaijan have historic cultural, commercial and social relations, Iranian minister of culture Mohammad Hoseini told foreign journalists in a press conference in Tehran.
19.04.10
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov’s expected visit to Germany postponed
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov’s expected visit to Germany has been postponed.
19.04.10
Ahmet Davutoglu to visit Azerbaijan on April 19
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Azerbaijan on April 19, APA reports quoting Turkey’s haberler.com website. Davutoglu said at a press conference he held at the Turkish embassy in Washington that he would visit Azerbaijan early next week.
17.04.10 “We will value together with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev the details of our negotiations here and then we will hold consultations on our further steps”, said Davutoglu. “This is our sincere decision. It is important for us to realize the protocols which were achieved as a result of painstaking work. Azerbaijan is also important for us. We want long-lasting peace in the Caucasus.
Ali Hasanov: “Azerbaijan is an independent state, determines itself what to do and how to do”
“The issue on the vacancies in the election commissions depends on the parliament, because the criterion of formation of commissions is realized in accordance with the norm of parties’ representation in the parliament.
17.04.10 Most parties represented in the parliament sent their representatives to the election commissions.
Judge of Belgian Constitutional Court Jean-Paul Murman: “A part of Azerbaijani lands is under the occupation”
16.04.10 “Azerbaijan is continuing to fulfill its commitments undertaken to the Council of Europe. We see and welcome its will”, said member of the Belgian Constitutional Court Jean-Paul Murman at the international conference “2010 Parliamentary Elections in Azerbaijan: more democratic, more transparent” in Baku on Friday.
Ali Hasanov: “Azerbaijan is dissatisfied with the activity of the United States in the process of solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict”
“President Ilham Aliyev commented on the meetings recently held in the US.
15.04.10 We are dissatisfied with the activity of the United States in the process of settlement of Armenia - Azerbaijan conflict.
The Cabinet of Ministers holds meeting on outcomes of first quarter of 2010 presided by President of Azerbaijan
The Cabinet of Ministers held a meeting on the outcomes of first quarter of 2010 presided over by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, APA reports quoting AzTV.
14.04.10 The resident said GDP rose 9.3% in 209 and for 2.8 times in 2004-2009 and valued it as a logic result of perfect political, economic and social reforms
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev calls on the countries participating in peace negotiations to give up supporting Armenia and increase pressure on it
“Azerbaijan is committed to international legal norms in the solution to Armenia – Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno Karabakh”, said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the Cabinet’s meeting dedicated to outcomes of socio-economic development of the republic during the 1st quarter of 2010.
15.04.10
Vice President of Russian Academy of Sciences shocked with what he saw in Guba genocide mass grave
Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nobel Prize winner Jores Alferov visited the genocide mass grave in Guba on Friday.
10.04.10 Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences was in details informed about the massacres committed by Armenians in Guba in 1918. The Russian scientist was horrified by the skeletons of the people cruelly tortured and killed.
Turkish Foreign Minister’s spokesman Firidun Siniroglu to visit Azerbaijan
Turkish Foreign Minister’s spokesman, Prime Minister Racap Tayyip Erdogan’s special representative Firidun Siniroglu will visit Azerbaijan on April 9, said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmad Davudoglu.
8.04.10 He said that Siniroglu would present Erdogan’s letter to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Former President of Belgian Senate: “The European Union attaches not so much importance to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict today”
“The European Union must leave the OSCE Minsk Group behind and demonstrate its positions on the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict”
7.04.10 “I am a professor of political sciences at the Paris University at the same time and reading lectures about the South Caucasian countries. I am taking great interest in Azerbaijan because it is one of the main actors in the geopolitical processes in the South Caucasus. I am working to make my students of a special study of the Caucasus”, former President of the Belgian Senate and Independent Senator Anne-Marie Lizin told APA European bureau in Brussels. She reminded about her activity as the Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. “While taking the office in this organization you must address the election issues of the member countries you like it or not. I was monitoring the presidential elections in Armenia n 2008 while working for the OSCE. I was in the observation mission during the Georgian elections, in the OSCE mission during the Georgian-Russian war and just therefore I know these countries and processes there well. I could see different aspects between those three countries and understood that how important country is Azerbaijan for us”.
Georgia appoints new ambassador to Azerbaijan
Member of the Georgian parliament Irakly Kavtaradze was appointed to the post of ambassador to Azerbaijan. President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili submitted the candidacy of the deputy chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Irakly Kavtaradze to the parliament.
6.04.10
Man commits suicide in medical unit of Azerbaijani Justice Ministry’s Penitentiary Service
The person, who was accused of smuggling drugs, committed suicide in Azerbaijan, law-enforcement bodies reported.
2.04.10 It happened in the medical unit of Justice Ministry’s Penitentiary Service. Sedreddin Khangulu Seyfullayev, 51, who was accused of smuggling drugs and held accountable, hanged himself in the medical unit. The causes of the suicide are not known.
