Baku / 01.08.18 / Turan: By the August the Fund for Assistance to the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan raised1, 92 million 819 thousand 877,45 manat, the press service of the Defense Ministry said. The fund also collected 213 thousand 577.88 dollars and 11 thousand 936 euros, as well as 5 thousand rubles.The Armed Forces Assistance Fund was established in 2002. It was established to ensure the development of the Armed Forces at the level of modern requirements, strengthen the material and technical base and determine the necessary social requirements. -0-
Politics
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On November 15, animal rights activist Kamran Mammadli was detained while staging a protest at the COP29 climate conference. Mammadli was protesting the shooting of street dogs in Azerbaijan. He raised a sign above his head that read: "Azerbaijani authorities are shooting dogs on the streets!" He also shouted: "Resign those who teach youth to be sycophants under the guise of volunteerism!"
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Arrested Abzas Media journalists were pressured in Baku pretrial detention center No. 1.
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On November 15, the Tbilisi City Court heard the merits of the complaint filed by the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, Afgan Sadygov, against the denial of political asylum in Georgia.
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The United States has been working with Azerbaijan for a long time on energy issues and fossil fuel emissions, particularly focusing on technologies that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and help transition to clean energy, the U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm stated at a press conference on November 15 during COP29 in Baku, in response to a question from Turan about how the U.S. can assist Azerbaijan in its transition to renewable and green energy.
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