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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Azerbaijani government sources have exclusively confirmed to Euronews on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Aktau on Wednesday.
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CrashThe Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, has expressed his condolences and deep sadness over the tragic Azerbaijan Airlines crash in Kazakhstan with many fatalities.
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The crash of our plane in Aktau raises several questions that demand answers: 1. Many of the victims of this tragedy were people who previously traveled to the North Caucasus by train or car. These victims might not have existed if Azerbaijan hadn’t kept its land borders closed for several years.
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NATO expressed condolences regarding the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, the Alliance's spokesperson, Farah Dalallah, said on her social media account.
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