President Ilham Aliyev left March 17 for a working visit to Turkey.
As stated on the website of the President, he will visit the city of Kars, where the TANAP pipeline groundbreaking ceremony will take place.
Recall that this transnational gas pipeline is designed to transport Azerbaijani gas through Georgia and Turkey to the border with Europe, and from there it will go to Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Italy.
The total volume of gas transported annually will be 16 billion cubic meters. Its putting into operation is expected in 2018. The project cost is estimated at 11 billion dollars.
The owners of the pipeline are SOCAR - 58% (Azerbaijan), Turkish Botas (30%) and British BP (12%). -16D-
Politics
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An official notification has been sent to the American side that USAID has no legal grounds to work in the country and that it should stop its activities.This was reported by Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizadeh.
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The International Committee to Protect Journalists (ICPJ) condemned the arrest of Shamshad Agha, editor-in-chief of the independent news website 'Arqument.az', and called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release him and other imprisoned journalists.
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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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