The Head of State Ilham Aliyev received in Baku the Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Iran, co-chairman of the joint economic commission Mahmoud Vaezi.
As the website of the President said, Aliyev noted that in 2016 occupied a special place in the history of bilateral relations.
Aliyev called significant event the launch of the passenger train Nakhchivan-Tabriz-Tehran-Mashhad planned for 29 December.
Vaezi for his part reported on the increase in trade and investment between the two countries, the successful development of cooperation in transport, agriculture and others.
Reference was made to the continuation of construction of a car plant in Neftchala.
In the near future the foundation of a new joint venture in the pharmaceutical industry will be laid in Pirallahi.
During the meeting, the sides also stressed the importance of the Azerbaijani-Iranian business forum in Nakhchivan. -06D-
Politics
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On February 3, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan annulled the results of the municipal elections held on January 29 at six polling stations. In particular, the voting results were declared invalid due to violations identified at polling stations NN: 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 in the 81st Imishli constituency.
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The opposition party “Musavat” has demanded the release of all political prisoners and stated that the authorities are responsible for their health conditions, it was announced at a meeting of the party's Executive Board (Divan) on Monday. “Musavat” expressed concern over reports of health problems among many political prisoners, including civil society activists Anar Mamedli and Alekser Mamedli.
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The consideration of the lawsuit filed by Hafiz Babaly, the editor of the economics department at Turan news agency, against the online publication Qafqazinfo.az, is being unjustifiably delayed. Babaly had been arrested in connection with the Abzas Media case.
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By the order of the head of state, Rufat Azizov (born 1980) has been appointed the rector of the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University.
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