An article by anonymous author published today in the "Yeni Musavat" newspaper on corruption and shortage of professional staff in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan is slander and absurd, said at a press briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman, Elman Abdullayev. "This material is slander against senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry's personnel policy", he said.
Referring to an anonymous source of this article, Abdullayev called him a "loser, that could not establish himself in the diplomatic service, and seeking to discredit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," said Abdullayev.
The anonymous author of the article is a former employee of the Foreign Ministry; he told the newspaper about a flawed system of corruption in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the appointments and promotion for large bribes, on abuse of officials, on the flawed system of recruitment, etc. -16/03D-
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On September 18, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with a delegation led by U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Joshua Huck. The meeting focused on issues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation, the regional situation in the post-conflict period, and the prospects for normalizing relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, as reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Despite efforts to create a positive dynamic in bilateral relations and cooperation prospects, biased opinions from certain U.S. officials negatively impact our bilateral relations," the statement noted.
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Dozens of international human rights organizations have sent a letter to Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Perri to urge him not to ratify the powers of the Azerbaijani delegation in PACE due to increasing repression following the presidential elections on February 7 and the parliamentary elections on September 1, 2024, which have led to unprecedented repression.
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On September 19, Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade will travel to Russia to participate in the XX International Muslim Forum. The event, themed "The Path to Peace: Dialogue as the Basis for Harmonious Coexistence," will take place in Moscow on September 21. The visit is at the invitation of the Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia, Mufti Sheikh Ravil Gaynutdin.
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Economist and PhD candidate at Istanbul University Fazil Gasimov has been on a hunger strike for 97 days at the Penitentiary Service Medical Facility. On September 17, he was visited by representatives from the Baku office of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to his lawyer Rovshan Rahimli. The lawyer stated that the Penitentiary Service is applying pressure on Gasimov to end his hunger strike.
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