"The Azerbaijani Embassy in Egypt is working at full strength and normal mode. There are no decisions for their return home. "This was stated by the head of the press service of the Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev in connection with the evacuation of several embassies in Cairo because of the sharp deterioration of the situation.
According to him, a few days before the embassy of Azerbaijan appealed to the citizens to take measures for their own security. Measures are taken to check the Azerbaijani citizens who arrived in Egypt with a short trip, Abdullayev said.
According to him, there is no information about Azerbaijani citizens injured during the riots.
Earlier, during the events of the "Arab Spring" in Egypt in 2011, the Azerbaijani Embassy employee Nijat Gojayev died.
The situation in Egypt remains tense. In recent days, during the confrontation between supporters of President Mohammed Mursi and his opponents 7 people were killed and more than 200 injured. -16D04-
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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