Baku / 05/01/19 / Turan: Late in the evening on May 31, the official visit of the President of Poland Andrzej Duda to Azerbaijan ended.
On Friday afternoon, the President of Poland visited the Catholic Church of St. Mary in Baku.
The bishop of the Catholic Church in Azerbaijan, Vladimir Fekete, informed the President of Poland about the history of the church and the conditions created for Catholics.
The area in which the church is located was consecrated by Cardinal Toran, the head of the Vatican delegation in Azerbaijan in 2004, in accordance with the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church.
The official opening of the church, where 250-300 people can pray at the same time, was held in 2008 with the participation of the President of Azerbaijan and the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. -02D-
Politics
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On 23 November at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, eco-activists from different countries held a protest action against the failure of countries to agree on climate finance.
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On the eve of the closing of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has drawn attention to the criminal cases of journalists detained in Azerbaijan.
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Negotiations at the 29th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku have been extended until November 24, a source in the UNFCCC Secretariat told the Turan news agency. According to the source, participants aim to finalize and sign the concluding documents by that date.
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According to the Turkish newspaper Sabah, officials from the Istanbul Prosecutor's Office's Anti-Smuggling Unit have detained an Azerbaijani citizen with a large shipment of gold. The detention took place near the Vadi İstanbul shopping center in the Sarıyer district, where a taxi was stopped. During the search, 70 kg of gold was found. The Azerbaijani citizen in the vehicle claimed ownership of the cargo and also stated that he was a diplomat. The investigation by the prosecutor's office is ongoing, reports Sabah newspaper. The media outlet does not disclose the name of the "diplomat," only his initials – M.G.Ş. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declined to comment on the situation.
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