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 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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