Foreigners no longer need to be informed about visits to the occupied territories

After the steps taken by France to equip Armenia with Bastion multi-purpose armored vehicles and Caesar self-propelled artillery units, the European Union's decision to send military aid to Armenia is a very wrong and dangerous step and serves to increase tensions in the region. Such activities by the European Union are clearly unilateral and biased, and are a manifestation of the policy of creating "divisive lines" in the region. Aykhan Hajizadeh, press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, said this while commenting on the decision of the Council of the European Union to provide military aid in the amount of 10 million euros to Armenia within the framework of the European Peace Fund.

The Council today renewed the EU restrictive measures in view of the Russian Federation's continuing actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine for a further 6 months, until 31 January 2025.

Istanbul University doctoral student, economist Fazil Gasimov has been on hunger strike for 38 days in the Baku pre-trial detention center. He is protesting against an illegal arrest.

The Navies of Iran and other Caspian littoral states are conducting rescue security exercises in the Caspian Sea for the first time, IRNA news agency reports. Iranian and Russian vessels are taking part in the exercises, Iranian Navy spokesman Abbas Hasanov said.