On Monday, President Ilham Aliyev received a group of French senators, led by co-chair of the Senate Energy Research Group, Ladislas Poniatovski. The delegation also includes Senators Dolphin Batai, Frassa Christophe André and Jean-Claude Lenior.
Reminding his recent visit to Paris, Aliyev said that his talks with the President Francois Hollande and other meetings during the visit, have once again confirmed that the Azerbaijani-French relations are strategic. Aliyev also noted the important role in the development of bilateral relations, parliamentary cooperation. Poniatovski expressed interest in expanding the existing ties between the two countries in all fields, particularly in the energy sector.—06D--
Politics
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On 28 December, at the trial of activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, the state prosecutor asked to sentence him to 11 years of imprisonment
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Investigation group of Turkish experts has arrived in Baku to investigate the crash of AZAL plane on 25 December.
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The United States on Friday sanctioned Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, a tycoon widely seen as the country's de facto leader, saying he was undermining democracy for the benefit of Russia, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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Chechnya will observe a day of mourning on December 28 following the crash of an Embraer 190 aircraft traveling from Baku to Grozny. The decree, signed by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, was reported by the local news agency "Chechnya Today."
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