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Armenia suspends process of ratification of protocols signed with Turkey
Armenian government coalition consisting of the Republican Party led by President Serzh Sargsyan, Orinats Yerkir party and Flourishing Armenia party offered to stop the process of the ratification of the protocols signed with Turkey.
22.04.10 The political boards of the coalition parties issued a joint statement concerning it. The statement has been posted on the website of the Armenian parliament.
Azerbaijani population to use Caspian water for drink
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources is carrying out pilot projects for desalination of the Caspian water to make it useful for drink, said the deputy minister Novruz Guliyev.
22.04.10
Azerbaijan resumes flights to European countries
The flights from Azerbaijan to European countries restored on current flight schedule.
22.04.10
ICRC visits Armenian family in Azerbaijan
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited the Armenian family which escaped from Armenian to Azerbaijan on January 10, 2010.
21.04.10 She said they visited the Armenian family on April 16 and conducted monitoring of their detention conditions. The family sent a “Red Cross letter” to their relatives.
Sufferers speak about details of mass killing at Azerbaijan State Oil Academy
22.04.10 The Court of Grave Crimes continued hearing on the mass killing at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy. APA reports that judge Ramella Allahverdiyeva presided over the hearing. The sufferers continued giving testimonies. Second-year student of the academy Ilkin Shiraliyev said when he was attending the lesson he heard blasts in the corridor.
Former president of International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch dies
Former president of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch died at the age of 89.
21.04.10
OSCE Minsk Group’s Russian Co-chair Igor Popov: “Negotiation process on settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict is going very slowly”
“Negotiations process on the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict is going very slowly”, said new Russian Co-chair Igor Popov while answering the question of journalists about his intention to revitalize his activity after several accusations addressed to him.
21.04.10
Prosecutor: “We are taking necessary measures to bring Armenian originator of mass shooting in Oil Academy to justice”
Azerbaijani law-enforcement agencies are taking necessary measures to bring the Georgian citizen of Armenian national Mardun Gumashian, who originated mass shooting at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy last April, to justice, said public prosecutor Abdulla Yusifov during the hearing at the Court on Grave Crimes.
21.04.10
President of Azerbaijan receives Turkish Foreign Minister
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on April 19.
21.04.10 Davutoglu conveyed greetings of Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Azerbaijani universities receive applications for entrance examinations
Tuesday, universities of Azerbaijan have begun to receive applications for entrance examinations in academic year 2010-2011. Application deadline expired on May 31.
21.04.10
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev receives outgoing Ukrainian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Boris Klimchuk
20.04.10 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received outgoing Ambassador of Ukraine to Azerbaijan Boris Klimchuk on April 20.
Three Azerbaijanis injured in unrests in Kyrgyzstan
Three Azerbaijanis were injured during the mass bashing in Maevka village on outskirts of Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital, Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elkhan Polukhov reported.
20.04.10
Spring session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly may be postponed
PACE will make decision on whether to hold its spring session, or not, said head of Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), MP Samad Seyidov in his exclusive interview reported.
20.04.10 “Today it will be discussed whether to hold spring session, or not. It seems that the session will not be held in connection with the volcano eruption in Iceland.
Roundtable “Armenian falsification and vandalism: what Azerbaijani journalists think about it?” takes place in Baku State University
20.04.10 A roundtable on the theme “Armenian falsification and vandalism: what Azerbaijani journalists think about it?” has been held in Baku State University today, APA reports. Rector of the university Abel Maharramov noted that Armenians were transferred to the Caucasus 200 years ago and all historians knew it.
NATO’s expected international seminar in Baku postponed due to weather conditions in Europe
NATO’s international seminar in Baku which was scheduled for April 20-21, moved to another date, the Foreign Ministry reported.
20.04.10 The reason of the postponement is bad weather condition in Europe. Note that all flights to Europe have been cancelled as a result of the volcanic eruption in Iceland.
