President Ilham Aliyev received Roland Kobia, head of the EU delegation in Baku, on the occasion of completion of Kobia’s diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan.
The meeting focused on the successful development of relations between Azerbaijan and the EU, stressed the importance of mutual high-level visits, according to the website of the President.
Kobia worked in Azerbaijan since 2009.
A Swedish diplomat, Malena Mard, has been appointed the new Head of EU Delegation in Baku.
Previously, Mard was a Director of the Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and also worked in the Swedish missions in St. Petersburg, Brussels and Dhaka. –06D--
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In a series of unprecedented drone attacks early Monday, February 3, critical energy facilities in Russia's Astrakhan and Volgograd regions were targeted, according to local authorities. The governor of Astrakhan, Igor Babushkin, reported attempted strikes on fuel and energy complex installations in his region, attributing the assault to Ukrainian armed forces. However, specific details regarding the number of drones involved or their destruction were not disclosed.
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Azerbaijani Presidential Aide Hikmet Hajiyev, who is on a visit to Iran, was received by President Masoud Pezeshkian on February 2.
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Elvin Zeynalov, a religious activist living in the village of Mashtaga, was detained on January 31 around noon by individuals in plain clothes outside a store near his home. According to his relatives, later in the evening, Zeynalov was brought back home by people in black clothing, who conducted a search. They took Zeynalov's pants from the wardrobe, put marijuana in the pocket, then "seized" the drugs, filmed the video, and then took the activist away again.
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Aide to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev is on a visit to Iran, where he met with Adviser to the President of the Islamic Republic Mehdi Sanayi.
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