The U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Richard Morningstar, was not invited to the inauguration ceremony of the President Ilham Aliyev on the Saturday.
Responding to a question from Turan about the reasons the press service of the embassy said the following: " As we understand, the representatives of other diplomatic missions also were not invited.
We understand that the protocol procedures of invitation to the inauguration ceremony in each country are different." The ambassadors of other states also were not invited to the ceremony. Former president of Azerbaijan, Ayaz Mutallibov, also was not invited.--03C06---
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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