The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on January 24 signed a decree "On measures for the recovery of the Jojug Merjanly village liberated from occupation in the Jabrayil region".
This village situated on the bank of the Araz River along the Azerbaijani-Iranian border was completely liberated from the Armenian occupation as a result of the successful counter-offensive military operations of the Azerbaijani army, held in April of last year.
The Head of State ordered to allocate AZN 4 million (USD 2.1 million) from the President's Reserve Fund in the state budget of Azerbaijan for 2017 for the construction of 50 individual houses, school buildings and related infrastructure at the first stage. -06D--
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On 4 February, the Baku Court of Appeal released former Russian judge Yelena Khakhaleva, who was arrested in Azerbaijan at the request of the Russian Prosecutor's Office.
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Lawyer Zibeyda Sadygova met with reporter Natig Javadly, arrested in the 'Meydan TV' case, on 4 February in Baku pre-trial detention centre-1.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed his first international guest - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House at a critical juncture for the Middle East ceasefire. In a surprise move, the pair unveiled a surprise plan with Trump suggesting that the U.S. could take control of the Gaza Strip, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports from the White House.
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Journalist Shamsad Aga was detained by police during the late hours, his brother Shahid Agayev reported to Voice of America.
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