Today in Baku at the Gulistan Palace, the 7th Assembly of the Asian Political Parties was convened. More than 170 delegates from dozens of countries on the continent are attending the forum.
Over three days, there will be six plenary sessions, at which most of the delegations will speak. The topics of the discussion will include policy trends in Asia, analysis and prospects for the political future. From Azerbaijan, representatives of the ruling party New Azerbaijan will attend the forum.
Participants include the former Foreign Minister of Armenia Raffi Hovhannisyan and the Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov. -02D-
Politics
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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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Lawyer Zibeyda Sadygova met with reporter Natig Javadly, arrested in the 'Meydan TV' case, on 4 February in Baku pre-trial detention centre-1.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed his first international guest - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House at a critical juncture for the Middle East ceasefire. In a surprise move, the pair unveiled a surprise plan with Trump suggesting that the U.S. could take control of the Gaza Strip, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports from the White House.
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Journalist Shamsad Aga was detained by police during the late hours, his brother Shahid Agayev reported to Voice of America.
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