To the office of Permanent Representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to the EU was appointed special envoy of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Agshin Mehdiyev. This is stated in the press service of the Foreign Ministry.
He will begin work from December 1, 2015.
Mehdiyev previously headed the Mission of Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe (2001-2006) and the United Nations (2006-2014).
Mehdiyev replaced the representative of the OIC in the EU Arif Mamedov, who departed from the diplomatic service of Azerbaijan after the persecution arranged against him because of the critical status in connection with numerous victims of the fire in a high-rise building in Baku. -06D-
Politics
-
Extradition of the head of Azel TV website Afgan Sadygov from Georgia to Azerbaijan has been suspended for a week by the European Court of Human Rights. Tamta Mikeladze, the head of the Georgian Centre for Social Justice, which provides legal protection for Sadygov, wrote about it in facebook.
-
A candidate in the municipal elections for the 23rd Nasimi-Sabail electoral district, activist Djamila Alisheva, has reported administrative barriers in conducting her campaign. She claims that the district election commission is refusing to provide the necessary forms for her authorized representatives.
-
On January 15, the Tbilisi Court of Appeals rejected the appeal of Afghan Sadigov, the founder of the Azel TV website, who had protested his extradition to Azerbaijan. Sadigov’s wife, Sevinj Sadigova, stated that this was the final judicial instance in Georgia making a decision on the case, Turan reported. On the other hand, lawyer Mariam Kvelashvili informed Turan that the defense would continue legal steps to prevent the extradition of Afghan Sadigov. According to his wife, Afghan has been on hunger strike for 117 days, and his health is critical.
-
Jamil Hajiyev, a member of the National Council of Democratic Forces, has reported continued pressure from the police. On January 10, during the trial of opposition figure Tofig Yagublu at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, Hajiyev unfurled a banner reading "Freedom for Political Prisoners!"
Leave a review