The new US ambassador Robert Cekuta will arrive in Azerbaijan on February 12, reported on the page of the US Embassy on Twitter. Previously, Robert worked as deputy US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy, as well as diplomatic missions in Tokyo (2007-2009) and Berlin (2003-2007.) Robert Cekuta is a graduate of Georgetown University, Master of the School of Global Management and the National War College. In December 2014, Robert Cekuta was approved by the US Senate. In this role, he replaced Richard Morningstar, who left Azerbaijan in summer 2014. -16D04-
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By a decree of the head of state dated February 7, Anar Aliyev was appointed as the Minister of Labor and Social Protection. Prior to this, he held the position of Deputy Minister.
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Afghan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, who was arrested in Georgia at the request of Baku, ended his dry hunger strike on February 6, which he had started on February 2. However, he is still refusing food and is only drinking water. His hunger strike has now lasted 142 days, said his wife, Sevinc Sadygova, in an interview with the Turan agency on February 7. The Georgian Center for Social Justice (CSJ), which defends Afghan Sadygov's rights, issued a statement expressing concern about his condition.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin does not intend to make a statement regarding the crash of the Azerbaijani airline AZAL plane, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists on Friday.
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The situation surrounding the "Russian House" in Baku may be discussed between the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan, Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev, the press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists.
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