Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev awarded a group of employees of the diplomatic service awards and medals. The Order for Service to Motherland III degree was awarded to the constant Representative of Azerbaijan to the UN Agshin Mehdiyev, Ambassador to Mexico Ilgar Mukhtar, Ambassador to Pakistan Dashgin Shikarov, Ambassador to Argentina Mammad Ahmadzadeh and permanent representative to NATO, Khazar Ibrahim.
Another four diplomats, including the head of the press service Elman Abdullaev, were awarded the medal for merits in the diplomatic service.
In addition, Parvin Mirzazadeh was conferred a diplomatic rank Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Elkhan Azaev and Masim Hajiyev were awarded the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 2nd class. -06D -
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On 4 February, the Baku Court of Appeal released former Russian judge Yelena Khakhaleva, who was arrested in Azerbaijan at the request of the Russian Prosecutor's Office.
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Afgan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, who has been on a dry hunger strike since February 2 in the Tbilisi detention center, lost consciousness on Tuesday evening, his wife Sevinc Sadygova told Turan.
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On February 5, a preparatory hearing was held in the Baku Court for Serious Crimes, chaired by Vugar Ibrahimov, in the case of former diplomat Emin Ibrahimov. The main hearings are scheduled for February 12.
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