The President issued a decree on the appointment of three deputies to the head of his administration Ramiz Mehdiyev. His deputies are Ali Assadov (before the Presidential Adviser on Economic Matters), Novruz Mammadov (previously Head of the Department of International Relations of the Presidential Administration) and Zeynal Nagdaliyev (previously Head of the Department for Work with Regional Administration and Local Self-government of the Presidential Administration).
It has not been reported if they will keep the old positions. What caused these appointments is not clear either. However, there is clear increase in the status of Ali Assadov, whow has become a third or a fourth person in the President Administration. -02D-
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On 4 February, the Baku Court of Appeal released former Russian judge Yelena Khakhaleva, who was arrested in Azerbaijan at the request of the Russian Prosecutor's Office.
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Lawyer Zibeyda Sadygova met with reporter Natig Javadly, arrested in the 'Meydan TV' case, on 4 February in Baku pre-trial detention centre-1.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed his first international guest - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House at a critical juncture for the Middle East ceasefire. In a surprise move, the pair unveiled a surprise plan with Trump suggesting that the U.S. could take control of the Gaza Strip, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports from the White House.
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Journalist Shamsad Aga was detained by police during the late hours, his brother Shahid Agayev reported to Voice of America.
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