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Baku/04.27.21/Turan: On April 27, President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on the creation of a legal entity of public law "Azerbaijan Space Agency" ("Azercosmos"). The agency is being created on the basis of the Space Agency of the Azerbaijan Republic OJSC, which was subordinate to the Ministry of Communications and High Technologies. The Agency's activities will be financed from revenues from the operation of space satellites and other sources.
The agency will be headed by its chair and two deputies. The powers of the Agency will be determined by the President of the country. The Cabinet of Ministers was entrusted with the approval of the Charter of the organization and the determination of its statutory fund. Azerbaijan currently has two telecommunication satellites.
The first satellite was launched in 2009; it is expected to operate for at least 30 years. During this time, the income from its use should be $ 600 million.-02D-
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The announcement of 2025 as the "Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty" in Azerbaijan has sparked rumors and speculation about the government's plans to hold a constitutional referendum this year. Today's statement in the Milli Majlis by the head of the parliamentary committee on human rights and concurrently the director of the Center for Humanitarian Studies, Zahid Oruj, confirmed that these expectations are not groundless.
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As part of the peace process with Azerbaijan, Armenia has proposed solutions to all agenda issues, stated Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of Armenia's Security Council, on January 23. "We are not asking for peace, we are offering peaceful solutions to all existing issues. For the two unresolved points, we have sent proposals and are waiting for a response from the Azerbaijani side. We hope that we will find solutions," Grigoryan said, according to Armenian media. Meanwhile, the press service of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Turan that "negotiations on the text of the peace agreement are ongoing."
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On January 23, Hilal Mammadov, a member of the Board of the Public Council of Talysh of Azerbaijan (OSTA), was interrogated by the State Security Service (SGB) as a witness in the case of researcher Igbal Abilov, who is accused of treason. As reported by Turan, Mammadov was questioned about Abilov's activities, scientific works, and publications.
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On 23 January, the Khatai district court of Baku did not satisfy a petition to transfer 'Meydan TV' journalist Aytaj Tapdyg under house arrest. This was reported to Turan by lawyer Javad Javadov.
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