Baku/21.01.22/Turan: On January 24-28, the regular session of PACE will be held in Strasbourg. The agenda of the session includes the issue of violation of the rights of the LGBT community in the countries of the South Caucasus. The report of the Belgian MP Christopher Lacroix contains a separate subsection on the situation with sexual minorities in Azerbaijan. The report will be presented on the 25th.
On January 27, a report by the French MP Andre Gatolin on the forced disappearance of persons in the space of the Council of Europe will be heard. The report contains a reference to the conflict in Karabakh. -02D-
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"A group of hydrologists and engineers from Azerbaijan and Armenia, with our active support, is working together on a comprehensive water management scheme for transboundary rivers," the U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mark Libby, wrote on the U.S. Embassy's social media account on November 12.
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As the Biden administration draws to a close, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed on an emergency trip to Brussels to discuss how to support Ukraine with European allies.
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The Prosecutor's Office is investigating the deaths of two people during the recent floods in Baku, Baku Mayor Eldar Azizov said commenting on the consequences of the flooding of tunnels in the capital during the heavy rains on October 22 to journalists. According to him, the sewer system could not handle the large volume of floodwater, which led to the drowning of two people in a tunnel in the Sabunchu district of Baku. The floods revealed vulnerabilities in Baku's water infrastructure.
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The United States is ready to assist all countries, including Azerbaijan, in the transition to renewable energy sources, the U.S. National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi said at a briefing at COP29, in response to a question from Turan about how the U.S. could support Azerbaijan in moving from oil and gas to clean energy.
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