Adviser to Japanese Prime Minister discussed bilateral cooperation in Baku
Baku / 09.03.18 / Turan: Development issues of the Azerbaijani-Japanese relations were discussed at the meeting of Ilham Aliyev with Japanese Prime Minister's foreign policy adviser Tomohiko Taniguchi. Japan attaches special importance to Azerbaijan's role in stability, security and mutual understanding in the Islamic world, Tomohiko Taniguchi said. Ilham Aliyev stressed the importance of helping the Japanese banking sector to modernize the infrastructure in Azerbaijan. The sides exchanged views on the implementation of infrastructure projects in Azerbaijan, cooperation in the banking sector, diversification of the economy, agriculture, etc. Today, Taniguchi was received by First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva. According to the official communication, they discussed the issues of cooperation in the energy, humanitarian and cultural spheres. -02D-
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- Economical review
- 9 March 2018 17:48
Politics
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On 28 December, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.
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On December 28 president of Ukrain called to the president of Azerbaijan İlham Aliyev.
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The preliminary investigation into the case of Russian oligarch and former "state minister" of the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh, Ruben Vardanyan, has been completed. According to a joint statement by the Prosecutor General's Office and the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, Vardanyan has been charged under the following articles of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code: Article 100 (planning or waging aggressive war), Article 107 (deportation or coercion of the population), Article 109 (persecution), Article 112 (deprivation of liberty in violation of international law), Article 113 (torture), Article 114 (mercenary activities), Article 115 (violating laws and customs of war), Article 116 (violating laws and customs of war), Article 214 (terrorism), Article 214-1 (financing terrorism), Article 218 (organization of a criminal community), Article 228 (illegal trafficking in weapons), Article 270-1 (creating threats to aviation safety), Article 278 (violent seizure of power or violent retention of power, violent change of the constitutional order of the state), Article 279 (creation of illegal armed formations), Article 318 (illegal crossing of the Azerbaijani state border).
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On December 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, as reported by the Kremlin's press service. During the conversation, the issues related to the crash of the AZAL passenger plane on December 25 near the city of Aktau were discussed in detail. "Vladimir Putin expressed his apologies for the tragic incident occurring in Russian airspace and once again conveyed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured," the statement emphasized.
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