Bashir Hajiyev has been appointed special representative of the President in the Kelbajar region

Over the past year and a half, 218 employees of the Azerbaijani State Service for Mobilization and Conscription have been brought to various measures of responsibility, the message of the civil service.

The Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan, Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev, met today at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Astana. Putin noted the "positive interaction" of bilateral relations "on a key issue, namely trade and economic cooperation." “The trade turnover is more than four billion dollars, and 4.3 - 4.5 billion dollars are direct Russian investments in the economy of Azerbaijan. The trend is good: in the first half of the year, in my opinion, there was already a 13 percent growth, in general, everything is developing positively,” Putin said. He particularly noted the side's plans in the field of infrastructure, where "the well-known North-South highway is in the first place."

On 3 July the Khatai district court considered petitions for transfer of "Abzas Media" director Ulvi Hasanli, editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgyzy and journalist Elnara Gasymova to house arrest. Their lawyers informed Turan about it.

Azerbaijan refused to cooperate with the Council of Europe Committee for Prevention of Torture.  The structure regarded this as a violation by Azerbaijan of the European Convention for Prevention of Torture. The Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee (CPT) has released a public statement on Azerbaijan today.