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Erdogan meets with Azerbaijani delegation headed by Ramiz Mehdiyev
While on a visit to Ankara, Azerbaijani delegation led by head of the President’s Executive Office Ramiz Mehdiyev met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
1.04.10 Bilateral relations between the two countries, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Turkey - Armenia relations, latest developments around so-called “Armenian genocide” and other issues were discussed at the meeting. Mehdiyev said that Erdogan’s last speeches were supported by Azerbaijani side. In respond, Erdogan noted that Turkey had always supported Azerbaijan, and would do it in the future as well.
French ambassador Gabriel Keller: There is growing tendency to learn French in Azerbaijan
“Currently, 75.000 students and pupils learn French in Azerbaijan and this tendency is growing”, - The ambassador of France to Azerbaijan Gabriel Keller said, APA reports.
1.04.10
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to pay state visit to Estonia
President Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva will be on a state visit to Estonia from April 6 till April 8.
1.04.10
Russian Federal Security Service Director: “Suspects in the last terrorist attacks were detained”
“The version that linked the last terrorist attacks in Russia with the illegal armed formations in the North Caucasus is confirmed.
1.04.10
Conference on “NATO’s present and future” held in Azerbaijan’s capital
A conference on “NATO’s present and future” dedicated to 61st anniversary of NATO’s establishment has been started on April 1 in Baku.
1.04.10 Our partnership with military alliance, the future issues of the alliance are discussed at the conference held by the organization of Romanian embassy in Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan-NATO Cooperation Institute,
PACE Committee holds preliminary hearing of Gultekin Hajibeyli’s report “Demographic situation in Europe and migration”
1.04.10 PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population hold a meeting in Paris. Member of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Gultekin Hajibeyli attended the meeting. Hajibeyli told APA that the PACE Committee held preliminary hearing of her report “Demographic situation in Europe and migration”. She said European migration experts also attended the meeting.
Azerbaijani court passes judgment to extradite Soylemez brothers to Turkey
Court of Grave Crimes held hearing on the case of citizens of Turkey Mehmet Sena Soylemez and his brother Faysal Soylemez, who are accused of setting up an organized gang and committing a number of crimes.
1.04.10 It is reported that, Elmar Guliyev presided over the hearing. The court passed a judgment on their extradition.
Mehmet Sena Soylemez and his brother Faysal Soylemez, who were wanted by Interpol, were detained in Azerbaijan last year.
32 members of the gang were arrested in 2004, but were later released.
Lord Maginnis: “It is inappropriate to dwell on events of a century ago while the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains unresolved”
UK House of Lords rejected the proposal to recognize so-called “Armenian genocide” and to declare April 24 as “a day of Armenian genocide” after one-hour debates on March 29, 2010.
1.04.10 The debates were opened by pro-Armenian Baroness Caroline Cox, who said unrecognized genocide caused another act of genocide. She said she visited Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh for 69 times and thought that “it is high time to recognize Armenian genocide”. Cox criticized the UK government for non-recognition of so-called “genocide”. She claimed that Azerbaijan attacked Armenians of Karabakh in 1991 repeating the 1915 events. Cox also claimed that Armenians were deported from Nakhchivan. Then she asked the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead would the government officials attend the genocide ceremony in Cardiff, Wales or not.
Azerbaijan General Prosecutor’s Office releases official statement on finishing criminal investigation of mass killing at State Oil
The General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan released an official statement about finishing the criminal investigation of the mass killing at the State Oil Academy took place on April 30, 2009.
31.03.10 Press service of the General Prosecutor’s Office told APA the crimes of accused persons were proved by undeniable evidences.
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue joint statement
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Yuri Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States, released a joint statement regarding their visit to Khankendi and Yerevan on March 26-29, APA reports quoting the OSCE official website.
31.03.10 “The Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov, Russian Federation; Ambassador Bernard Fassier, France; Ambassador Robert Bradtke, United States) visited Yerevan and Nagorno-Karabkah March 26-29. They updated the de facto authorities March 27 on the current state of negotiations.
Congressman Michael McMahon: The occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh is standing in the way of normalization process between Armenia and Turkey
US Congressman Michael McMahon, who recently joined the caucus on Azerbaijan in Congress and stood against the so-called Armenian genocide, believes that the sooner Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is resolved, the better for Turkey-Armenia normalization.
31.03.10 “The occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh is standing in the way of normalization process between Armenia and Turkey. It is also preventing Armenia from focusing on what is important – mainly the extreme poverty that exists in the country” – Mr. McMahon told APA’s Washington correspondent.
Intensive snowfall expected in some regions of Azerbaijan
The cloudy weather conditions will dominate in Baku and Absheron peninsula on March 31.
31.03.10
A group of Congressmen sends letter to Barack Obama reflecting importance of US-Azerbaijan relations
Ten members of the Caucus on Azerbaijan in the U.S. Congress sent a letter to President Barack Obama reflecting the importance of Azerbaijan-US relations.
30.03.10
