Baku / 11.04.18 / Turan: Presidential elections started in Azerbaijan on the morning of April 11. A total of 5,426 permanent and 215 temporary polling stations were opened in 125 constituencies, with 41 stations abroad.
The number of voters of the country, according to the Central Electoral Commission, is 5.2 million.
According to amendments to the Constitution introduced in 2016, the President of Azerbaijan will rule for 7 years, and not 5, as before.
The current elections are held against the backdrop of extreme passivity of the population. -02D-
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CrashThe Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, has expressed his condolences and deep sadness over the tragic Azerbaijan Airlines crash in Kazakhstan with many fatalities.
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The crash of our plane in Aktau raises several questions that demand answers: 1. Many of the victims of this tragedy were people who previously traveled to the North Caucasus by train or car. These victims might not have existed if Azerbaijan hadn’t kept its land borders closed for several years.
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NATO expressed condolences regarding the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, the Alliance's spokesperson, Farah Dalallah, said on her social media account.
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On December 26, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
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