Luke Bronin, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, was in Baku on December 11-12 for meetings with a range of government officials and representatives of Azerbaijan's business community.
According to a press release of the US Embassy to Baku, discussions focused on a range of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing issues, and emphasized the importance of the effective implementation of international sanctions against Iran. The United States places great value in the relationship it has with Azerbaijan and appreciates the Azerbaijani government’s commitment to combating illicit finance. Mr. Bronin will also visit Tbilisi, Georgia, for similar discussions this week.-0-
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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Afgan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, who has been on a dry hunger strike since February 2 in the Tbilisi detention center, lost consciousness on Tuesday evening, his wife Sevinc Sadygova told Turan.
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On February 5, a preparatory hearing was held in the Baku Court for Serious Crimes, chaired by Vugar Ibrahimov, in the case of former diplomat Emin Ibrahimov. The main hearings are scheduled for February 12.
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The report on the investigation into the AZAL plane crash, published by the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan, is "preliminary and does not contain conclusions about the causes of the incident," a message from “Rosaviatsiya” – the Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia. “Rosaviatsiya” noted that the work of the commission will continue, and conclusions about the incident will be presented in the final report.
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