The newly appointed US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar will arrive in Baku within the next two weeks, the ambassador hiself told Turan's Washington DC correspondent.
On Wednesday, August 15, the diplomat attended a meeting of the US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce in the US.
Some local Americans, Azeris and region-related analysts, attended the meeting.
The meeting and the ambassador's speech were off-the-rec.
At the same time, after talking to the ambassador, some of the attendees told Turan's correspondent that they are having difficulties with obtaining visas for business and personal matters to Azerbaijan.
Most of them said that the Azeri Embassy in Washington, DC delays their visa applications "for months".
"We hope that the new ambassador's efforts and activities in Baku will soon help find a solution to this problem", they said.
Politics
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An appeal has been filed against the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi, her lawyer Bakhtiyar Hajiyev told the Turan agency on Friday.
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On February 6, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with U.S. Vice President James Vance in Washington. "Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met with U.S. Vice President James Vance at the White House in Washington. During the meeting, issues related to bilateral relations as well as regional affairs were discussed," reported Pashinyan's press service.
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By a decree of the head of state dated February 7, Anar Aliyev was appointed as the Minister of Labor and Social Protection. Prior to this, he held the position of Deputy Minister.
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Afghan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, who was arrested in Georgia at the request of Baku, ended his dry hunger strike on February 6, which he had started on February 2. However, he is still refusing food and is only drinking water. His hunger strike has now lasted 142 days, said his wife, Sevinc Sadygova, in an interview with the Turan agency on February 7. The Georgian Center for Social Justice (CSJ), which defends Afghan Sadygov's rights, issued a statement expressing concern about his condition.
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