Ilham Aliyev has ordered simplification of the border regime for citizens of some countries. The President instructed the Foreign Ministry, the Customs Committee, and the Border and Migration Services to prepare proposals for improvement of legislation in order to ‘provide fast passage through the border checkpoints on the borders with Russia, Turkey, Iran and Georgia.’
In addition, the President ordered the creation of the Tourism Council.
The Ministries of Economy, Finance, Culture and Tourism, the State Administration of Civil Aviation and AZAL are required to organize new international routes to attract tourists to the country. -74D-
Politics
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On the evening of February 5, it was reported that journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi had been arrested. She had been a presenter on the Toplum TV channel for several years. After a criminal case was initiated against the channel in March 2024 and nearly all of its staff were arrested, Beylargizi was questioned multiple times. According to relatives, the police conducted a search of her apartment.
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By a presidential decree dated February 5, Mukhtar Babaev has been appointed the presidential representative for climate issues.
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On February 5, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. According to the document, the Ministry of Energy has been allocated 1 million US dollars to purchase and send electrical equipment, manufactured in Azerbaijan, to Ukraine.
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The trial of Aziz Orudjev, the head of the online publication Kanal-13, continued on February 5 at the Sabail District Court.
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