Meetings with Members of the South Caucasus Forum
May 5, President Ilham Aliyev received OSCE PA Special Representative for the South Caucasus Joao Soares. The meeting discussed issues of bilateral cooperation and the settlement of the Karabakh conflict.
May 6, Ilham Aliyev received the former President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers, who arrived in Baku to participate in the South Caucasus Online, and on May 4 he received former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
As for the mentioned forum, it is supported by the Azerbaijani authorities in Ganja. It will bring together about 40 former and current Heads of governments of different countries. The purpose of this three-day event is the strengthening of the international relations of Azerbaijan. At the same time, official sources have not published the program of the event. -16D-
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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