Baku/27.10.23/Turan: President Ilham Aliyev today signed a decree on the recall of Rovshan Sadigbeyli from the post of Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Slovakia.
By another order of the head of state, Vyusal Abdullayev was appointed to this position.
The President also appointed Arif Mammadov as the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Greece, releasing him from the post of Chairman of the Board of the State Maritime Agency and Port Agency under the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport. –06v-
Politics
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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On February 6, by the decree of Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, Sahil Babayev was relieved of his duties as Minister of Labor and Social Protection.
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