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Bakiyev’s 2 sons and brother put on wanted list
Public anger has been directed towards Bakiyev’s relatives, in particular, against his brother Janish Bakiyev, who was an influential security official.
9.04.10
Former Israeli deputy defense minister: “The international community, which denounced sharply acquisition of land by force by Israel, is much softer when it comes to the case of Armenia’s occupation of Azerbaijani land”
Talking to young diplomats at Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, former deputy minister of defense of Israel Efraim Sneh, referred to the problem of double standards, media department of the embassy of Israel reported.
9.04.10 Sneh said that whereas the Security Council and the international community denounced sharply acquisition of land by force, by Israel and titled it "not admissible" (in spite of the fact that the land was acquired in a defensive war) it (the international community) is much softer when it comes to the case of Armenia’s occupation of Azerbaijani land
Kyrgyz interim deputy premier flies to Moscow for talks
A delegation from Kyrgyzstan led by interim First Deputy Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev departed for Moscow Friday morning to hold talks with Russian officials, the provisional government press service reported.
9.04.10 There is no official information on who Atambayev will meet with in Moscow. "The format of the meetings is yet unknown," the press service said. On Thursday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Kyrgyz opposition-nominated premier Roza Otunbayeva who told Putin that her country needed economic assistance to deal with "the difficult situation" in the country.
Rainy weather forecasted in Azerbaijan
The weather will be changeable cloudy, mostly rainless in Baku and Absheron peninsula on April 9.
9.04.10 Cloudiness will increase in the evening; it will rain in some places. North wind will blow. Senior hydrologist of the National Hydrometeorology Department of Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry Asif Verdiyev told APA that the temperature will be 13-16 in the daytime, 7-9 in the evening.
The weather will be cloudy on April 10. It will rain in some places at night and in the morning. North wind will be followed by south wind in the daytime. The temperature will be 5-8 at night, 10-13 in the daytime.
Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister: “Armenians come to a deadlock”
Armenia comes to a deadlock, said Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov.
9.04.10
Azerbaijan works to include Afghanistan-Iran-Nagorno Karabakh drug transit route in UN list
Azerbaijan is working for including of Afghanistan-Iran-Nagorno Karabakh drug transit route in the UN list, said Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Commission for struggling Drug Addiction and Illicit Drug Trafficking Ali Hasanov.
10.04.10 Hasanov said there were three routes of drug trafficking from Afghanistan to Azerbaijan: Afghanistan-Iran-Azerbaijan, Afghanistan-Pakistan-Iran-Azerbaijan and Afghanistan-Central Asia–Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev: “Neither Russia nor the United States of America had a hand in the events in Kyrgyzstan”
“Neither Russia nor the United States played any role in the upheaval in Kyrgyzstan this week which ousted the government”, President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev said, speaking in an exclusive interview with AFP in the southern Kyrgyz city of Jalalabad.
9.04.10 "I do not believe that Russia or the United States of America had a hand in these issues," Bakiyev said, declining to elaborate further on his earlier comment.
Chief of Venice Commission Elections and Referendums Department Sergei Kuznetsov to arrive in Azerbaijan on April 11
Chief of Venice Commission Elections and Referendums Department Sergei Kuznetsov will arrive in Azerbaijan on April 11.
9.04.10 Kuznetsov told APA that he will discuss the issues of cooperation of Azerbaijan and the Venice Commission on the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Students clash in Baku, two injured
Mass scuffles took place between the students in Baku, police office of Yasamal district of Baku reported.
8.04.10
American Azerbaijanis and Turks to protest behind Armenian embassy building
American Azerbaijanis and Turks have started a new campaign dedicated to the anniversary of 1915 events in Turkey, APA’s Washington DC correspondent was told at the Diaspora organizations.
8.04.10 Main events will be held in Washington DC and New-York.The Diaspora is planning to protest behind the Armenian embassy building. In the beginning of this week the Diaspora started distributing brochures in the US capitol, where they try to explain the real meaning of the 1915 events.
“Our first goal is to explain the US elite what that issue is and to make them forget about it”, - said a member of Diaspora Rejep Mekhmet.
According to him, the administrations in the US are using this issue as a tool for influence on their local politics.
Vladimir Putin has phone conversation with head of Kurgyz “caretaker government” Roza Otunbayeva
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a phone conversation with the head of the temporary “caretaker government” of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva, said spokesman for the Russian Prime Minister Dmitriy Peskov.
8.04.10 Putin called the Kyrgyz government to avoid violence and to provide the foreign missions with security. He said Russia was ready to provide Kyrgyzstan with humanitarian assistance.
Troops fire on Kyrgyz protests, government "resigned"
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Kyrgyz troops opened fire on Wednesday on thousands of anti-government protesters who tried to smash two trucks through the perimeter fence of government buildings in the capital Bishkek, a Reuters reporter said.
8.04.10 Russian news agency RIA cited the opposition as saying later the government had resigned and President Kurmanbek Bakiyev had left the capital. There was no immediate confirmation.
The opposition said at least 100 people had been killed on Wednesday in the clashes that have spread across the country since last month.
Around 1,000 people stormed the prosecutor-general’s office in Bishkek before setting fire to the building. Opposition activists also took control of state television channel KTR.
Government soldiers earlier fired automatic weapons from the government headquarters, where Bakiyev had been sheltering from the violence. He has made no public comment.
Protesters earlier arrived in the main square on an armored personnel carrier seized from the military.
74 people killed in Kyrgyz unrests
74 people were killed in the clashes between the government and opposition supporters, health ministry of the caretaker government Demir Niyazaliyev told RIa Novosti.
8.04.10
WB carries out public presentation of report on assessment of living conditions
The World Bank (WB) and the Azerbaijani government have conducted assessment of living conditions in the country.
8.04.10
Recep Tayyip Erdogan sends letter to Serzh Sargsyan
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan where he said that Turkey remained loyal to the protocols signed with Armenia.
8.04.10
