The Israeli Ambassador to Baku Michael Lotem will return to Israel in late August, after three years of work in the capital of Azerbaijan. This was announced by the portal IzRus with reference to the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
The Embassy in Baku will be headed by Arpaz Rafi, Director of the First Economic Department of the Israeli Foreign Ministry (North and South America, Africa). He has been in the diplomatic service for over 20 years and has worked in Washington, Sweden, Switzerland and the Ivory Coast. He has no experience in the former Soviet Union.
The head of the Department of the Central European and Eurasian Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Anna Azari said that the new Ambassador plans to arrive in Baku in late August. -02D-
Politics
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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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On February 5, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. According to the document, the Ministry of Energy has been allocated 1 million US dollars to purchase and send electrical equipment, manufactured in Azerbaijan, to Ukraine.
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The trial of Aziz Orudjev, the head of the online publication Kanal-13, continued on February 5 at the Sabail District Court.
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