Wendy Morton
Baku/08.02.21/Turan: British Minister for European Neighborhood and the Americas arrived on a visit to Azerbaijan and will take part in a meeting of the annual political consultations between Baku and London.
Morton is expected to meet with President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.
The topic of the talks will be the situation in the region after the war in Karabakh, human rights, the role of women in society.
During the visit, a memorandum of partnership in the field of environmental protection will be signed. -02D-
Politics
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The General Prosecutor's Office conducted an investigation into the illegal mining and unlawful land seizure in the Garadagh, Binagadi, and Khazar districts of Baku, as well as in the Terter region. Facts of illegal extraction of building stone, sand, and gravel were established, carried out by unknown individuals who unlawfully seized land plots.
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The scheduled court session on February 11 did not take place.
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President Ilham Aliyev approved the Azerbaijani-Russian intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in transit cargo transportation along the "North-South" international transport corridor (ITC) on February 11, 2025. The agreement was signed on December 21, 2024, by the heads of the transport ministries of both countries.
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On February 11, the members of the monitoring group of Azerbaijani human rights organizations, Novella Jafaroglu, Saida Godjamanly, and Saadat Babanyarly, were received by the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding their appeals to the country's leadership concerning the case of the arrested journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi. The human rights activists were listened to, and they were informed that they would be informed on the results of the consideration of their appeal. On February 12, the appeal hearing for the journalist is scheduled for 14:00.
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