Oliver Vargeli
Baku/08.05.23/Turan: The European Union is ready for broad cooperation with Azerbaijan. European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Oliver Vargeli wrote about this on his Twitter account.
"It was a pleasure to meet with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayrmov in Budapest to discuss our strategic transport and energy projects. We are ready for further cooperation," he said.
In turn, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said that during the meeting on September 5, Bayramov expressed satisfaction with the level of bilateral relations. He spoke about Azerbaijan's initiatives to expand the "Middle Corridor – Trans-Caspian International Transport Route". He noted that the opening of all communications in the region, including the Zangezur corridor, will significantly strengthen cooperation in the region.
Bayramov also informed Vargeli about the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement process, negotiations on a peace treaty, Azerbaijan's steps to reintegrate the Armenian population, and Armenia's attempts to undermine the peace process. --16---
Politics
-
On November 15, animal rights activist Kamran Mammadli was detained while staging a protest at the COP29 climate conference. Mammadli was protesting the shooting of street dogs in Azerbaijan. He raised a sign above his head that read: "Azerbaijani authorities are shooting dogs on the streets!" He also shouted: "Resign those who teach youth to be sycophants under the guise of volunteerism!"
-
Arrested Abzas Media journalists were pressured in Baku pretrial detention center No. 1.
-
On November 15, the Tbilisi City Court heard the merits of the complaint filed by the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, Afgan Sadygov, against the denial of political asylum in Georgia.
-
The United States has been working with Azerbaijan for a long time on energy issues and fossil fuel emissions, particularly focusing on technologies that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and help transition to clean energy, the U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm stated at a press conference on November 15 during COP29 in Baku, in response to a question from Turan about how the U.S. can assist Azerbaijan in its transition to renewable and green energy.
Leave a review