Baku / 20.12.17 / Turan: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Movlut Cavusoglu. During the meeting, Aliyev stressed the importance of the trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran held in Baku today in terms of strengthening cooperation. Touching upon the opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, the head of state appreciated this as an important event not only regional but also international. At the meeting, the importance of the successful TANAP project was underlined.
Today, the Iranian President also received Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif. During the conversation, an exchange of views took place on the prospects for ties between the two countries in the banking, energy, transport, trade and investment sectors. -0--
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The losses in Azerbaijan’s defense and security sector for the first 11 months of 2024 amounted to at least 50 people. Of these, 48 were non-combat losses. Two other military personnel died after being injured during an anti-terrorist operation in Karabakh in September 2023, remaining in a coma for an extended period, reports the Caspian Defense Studies Institute.
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Several dozen employees of Georgia’s Ministry of Defense have declared their commitment to the course of EU and NATO membership, calling it the only path to the country's security. They issued a joint statement against the backdrop of the government’s decision to freeze negotiations on EU accession.
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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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