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Baku / 13.03.18 / Turan: US President Donald Trump announced the resignation of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. The new head of the State Department will be CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
The CIA will be headed for the first time in history by a woman, ex-deputy head of the intelligence department, Gina Gaspel.
Trump said in Twitter that he would dismiss the head of the US State Department and replace him with the head of the CIA Pompeo.
"Mike Pompeo, the director of the CIA, will be our new Secretary of State, he will do a great job of it! Thanks to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Gaspel will become the new director of the CIA, and the first woman chosen for that. Congratulations to everyone!" Trump wrote.
Previously, the US media reported on the contradictions between Trump and Tillerson. The media pointed out that serious differences arose between Tillerson and Trump, in particular, on the missile tests of North Korea and Iran's nuclear program.
Rex Tillerson is not a career diplomat. For 42 years he worked for one of the world's largest oil companies Exxon Mobil. He is intimately familiar with Russian President Vladimir Putin, responsible for the development of relations between Exxon and Gazprom and was awarded the Order of Friendship in Russia.-02D-
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On November 13, representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Afghan Taliban held talks in Baku as part of the COP29 conference. According to a report by Turan correspondent, the discussions took place behind closed doors and lasted for over an hour. No statements were made to the press following the meeting. Furthermore, conference security prevented journalists from asking questions to the meeting participants.
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Kichikhanim Khalilova, the wife of arrested public activist and first-group disabled person, Famil Khalilov, reported being followed during her time at the COP29 conference on November 13. She had been accredited in the "Green Zone" as a civil rights activist. From the moment she entered the conference area, a young man began to follow her.
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The imprisoned journalists of Abzas Media have had their phone calls with relatives reduced from 15 minutes to just 2 minutes. This restriction is reportedly linked to the ongoing international climate conference COP29 in Baku.
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Zhala Bayramova, the daughter of Azerbaijani politician and scholar Gubad Ibadoglu, has been awarded the 2024 Magnitsky Prize in the category of "Outstanding Young Human Rights Activist." She was honored with this award in recognition of her extraordinary efforts to draw attention to the case of her father, Dr. Gubad Ibadoglu, and her campaign for his release, according to a statement from the global campaign "Magnitsky Justice."
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