Baku / 07.07.19 / Turan: By the decision of the 43rd meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Baku, the Ecological Region "Mixed Forests of the Caspian Hyrcan" has been included on the World Heritage List.
This is an area of deciduous and mixed forests on an area of 55,000 square kilometers in the south of Azerbaijan and the Iranian coast of the Caspian Sea. These forests are recognized as possessing unique flora and fauna. In particular, it is only here that the famous Iron Tree grows under natural conditions - Damiragach.-02D-
Politics
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A travel ban has been imposed on Samira Gassimly, the wife of political scientist Azer Gassimly. She herself informed Turan about this. On November 30, she was not allowed to depart from Baku airport for an overseas business trip.
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On Friday, the State Security Service (SGB) issued an official statement confirming the arrest of Gahraman Mammadov, the assistant military attaché of Azerbaijan in the U.S., who was previously detained in Istanbul with 70 kg of gold. Mammadov is accused of smuggling in conspiracy with another Azerbaijani citizen, Anar Gassimov, and foreign nationals.
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Arrested journalists of 'Abzas Media' do not stop their investigations even in prison. They have already publicised the facts of physical pressures on prisoners in Baku SIZO-1. This time they drew attention to the harsh conditions of detention of prisoners, failure to provide them with food, clothes, bedding and hygiene products, which they are entitled to at the expense of the state.
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The 27 member states of the European Union will discuss the situation in Georgia, including the possibility of revoking the visa-free regime with this country, at the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council meeting on December 16, the EU Ambassador to Georgia, Pawel Herczynski, said on Friday.
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