Today the autumn session of the Parliament of Azerbaijan opened. According to the Speaker Oktay Asadov, during the spring session they adopted 132 laws, and by the end of the year will have to make many important legislation acts, including the budget for the 2013 financial year.
The agenda for this meeting includes approval of a plan of legislation, parliamentary election of the heads of the working groups, and the establishment of a commemorative coin to mark the 20th anniversary of state independence of Azerbaijan.
There are also plans to withdraw the amendments 5, 6, 10, and 12 of the article of the international convention "On the criminal liability for corruption," to amend the law "On State Service of Azerbaijan", "On Labor Pensions", "On the National Archive Fund "and so on. There will be changes to the law on service of the Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, the customs, the migration service, etc. Also, there will be changes to the Code of Administrative Offences. - 17D-
Politics
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A local activist of the Musavat Party, Alikram Khurshidov, was detained in the city of Shirvan last night.
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Erin Robertson, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan, responded to a Voice of America inquiry regarding Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov’s January 16 statement that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will no longer be de jure able to operate in Azerbaijan after June 1, 2024.
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Mark Libby, who is concluding his diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan as the U.S. Ambassador, delivered a final message, which was published on the U.S. Embassy's Facebook page.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hakan Fidan
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