"Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry follows the news about the death of Azerbaijanis in Syria. Earlier, the Azerbaijani embassy dealt with this issue very seriously. We have a list of all citizens, students and working in Syria, but they have already been evacuated," said the Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov , responding to a question on the steps of official Baku in connection with the participation of citizens in the fighting in Syria.
At a joint press conference with Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Frans Timmermans , Mammadyarov said that Baku is concerned about reports on the involvement of its citizens in the war in Syria, and will continue efforts to prevent this .
According to unofficial data, a few tens of Azerbaijanis were killed or wounded in the civil war in Syria. Total number of fighting volunteers is unknown. -02D-
Politics
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On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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