Baku / 06.04.18 / Turan: "There has been no official appeal from Azerbaijan about Azerbaijani women and children in Iraq. As the government of Iraq, we are ready to negotiate about Azerbaijani women and children in the country and hold discussions on this topic." Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister,SayidShorsh Khalid, said this in Baku, noting that assistance was provided to return children to many countries.
"We assisted Russia in returning the remaining 27 children in Iraq, and we are ready to discuss this issue with Azerbaijan, but there has been no official appeal from Azerbaijan to us, if there is an appeal, we are ready to consider it."
In September last year, Azerbaijani children were found in shelters in the territories liberated from LIH. One of them, named Abdulla, was brought to Azerbaijan and handed over to his grandfather.
The State Security Service noted that over the last 5 years, up to 900 immigrants from Azerbaijan joined the LIH. Of these, 151 returned to Azerbaijan and were subsequently convicted.-0-
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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