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Occupation of Shusha commemorated at the Alley of Martyrs
11.05.10 18th anniversary of the occupation of Shusha town of Azerbaijan by Armenian forces was commemorated at the Alley of Martyrs in Baku on Saturday.
Azerbaijani President: “People affected by natural disaster will be paid compensation and all-round assistance will be rendered to them”
Meeting was held under Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in connection with the elimination of the consequences caused by the Kura River on May 7.
11.05.10 According to the President, the flood has occurred in 40 regions of the republic, 20 thousand houses are under water, more than 300 houses have collapsed, 2000 houses have been damaged and 50 thousand ha fields remain under water.
Azerbaijani Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov: Critical situation is past in the zone affected by natural disaster
The dam reinforcement will be completed within two or three days, destroyed dam will be fully restored
11.05.10 Azerbaijani Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov released the recent information about the zone affected by natural disaster. Minister said the situation was normalizing.
“The space of the dam reinforcement has already been shortened. The rise of the water is not observed, even there is fall by 50-60cm, 1m in some places.
Ambassador Emin Yagubov: “Azerbaijan can work with Armenia bilaterally only after the liberation of its occupied lands”
7.05.10 “One of the priorities of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy is the integration into Europe. Azerbaijan is establishing its relations with Europe on this basis”, Ambassador Emin Yagubov, Head of the Azerbaijan’s Permanent Mission to the European Union, told journalists.
Minister of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan Kemaleddin Heydarov visits the affected area
Due to the situation created in Bayramli village of Shirvan City Minister of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan Kemaleddin Heydarov arrived at the site.
7.05.10
Azerbaijan launches first SOCAR filling stations
The opening ceremony of SOCAR filling stations of State oil Company of Azerbaijan in Bibiheybet settlement, Zikh highway and on the road Airport, was held in baku today.
7.05.10 SOCAR president Rovnag Abdullayev attended the ceremony.
Resident of Azerbaijan’s Aghdam region burns himself to death
A man committed suicide in Dordyol-1 settlement built for IDPs in Aghdam. Jafarov Nizami Huseyn, 56, IDP from Galaychilar village, burned himself to death.
7.05.10
Some people of Bayramli settlement of Azerbaijan’s Shirvan city surrounded by Kura
The water level of the Kura river in Bayramli settlement of Azerbaijan’s Shirvan city is rising.
7.05.10
Ahmad Davudoglu: “Turkish Foreign Ministry will not sit for talks without mentioning Karabakh”
“Protocols signed with Armenia haven’t died. You may say they have been put into refrigerator.
7.05.10 If you analyze the processes, you will see that our relations with Armenia are better in comparison with the last year’s situation. Relations with Azerbaijan are better”, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmad Davudoglu told journalist of Milliyat newspaper Taha Akyola on a plane while leaving for Ukraine on May 5,.
Central Election Commission announces date of parliamentary elections
This year Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan will be held on November 7, said head of press service of the Central Election Commission Azer Sariyev.
7.05.10
Azerbaijani student jumping from roof of 16-storey building flies into pieces
Student committed suicide in Baku on Thursday.
6.05.10
Vladimir Dorokhin: “Russian President will discuss Nagorno Karabakh problem in Turkey”
Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev will discuss the Nagorno Karabakh problem during the visit to Turkey, said Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vladimir Dorokhin.
6.05.10 The ambassador said both Russia and Turkey advocated for peace and stability in the Caucasus region. Dorokhin said recently Turkish-Russian political and economic relations were developed successfully.
President of the Turkish Coalition of America G. Lincoln McCurdy: What we find most objectionable with President Barack Obama’s statement, is that it consistently ignores equally tragic loss of Muslim lives in Eastern Turkey, Caucasus and the Balkans
APA’s Washington correspondent’s interview with G. Lincoln McCurdy, President of the Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) in Washington DC.
6.05.10 - How will the fact that president Obama didn’t use the word genocide but the Armenian expression "Meds Yeghern" during his annual speech influence the negotiations over establishment Turkish-Armenian relations and Nagorno-Karabakh adjustment process?
“Israel is Our Home” parliament faction leader Robert Ilatov: “Knesset has no legal and moral right to pass decision on “Armenian genocide”
Chairman of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Diaspora Activity Nazim Ibrahimov, who is on a visit to Israel, met with leader of the parliament faction “Israel is Our Home” Robert Ilatov. Press service of the State Committee told APA that the prospects of development of bilateral relations, inter-parliamentary relations and other issues were discussed at the meeting.
6.05.10 Ilatov mentioned the issue of so-called “Armenian genocide” at the Knesset and said the parliament procedures were selecting the commission to discuss the draft law on “Armenian genocide”.
Azerbaijani delegation attends international conference in Tel Aviv
The international conference “Regional conflicts and mass media” organized by Azerbaijan-Israel International Association has started in Tel Aviv today.
5.05.10 The representatives from seven countries are attending the conference. The delegation led by chairman of the State Committee for Diaspora Nazim Ibrahimov is representing Azerbaijan at the conference.
