On 1 February Ilham Aliyev received the head of the Board of the Transparency Initiative in the Mining Industry (EITI) Frederick Rheinfelden, and discussed with him the issues Azerbaijan in this Organization. According to the official report, Baku intends to continue cooperation with the EITI and to conduct measures to restore the status of full membership of Azerbaijan in this organization.
In March 2015 Azerbaijan was reduced to the status of "observer" because of the civil society rights violations, the introduction of legislative restrictions, absence of transparency and high level of corruption. In October, at the meeting of the Board of the EITI, Azerbaijan’s status was not upgraded because it failed to fulfill promises to eliminate the existing shortcomings and create normal conditions for civil society in the face of the Coalition of non-governmental organizations. -02D-
Politics
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On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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