Next week the Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Baku, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said today at a briefing after talks with OSCE Chairman, Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Mammadyarov said that holding the meeting of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia will depend on the results of the visit of Lavrov to the region. It should be noted that on 4 July Lavrov will visit Yerevan. Most likely, he will arrive in Baku after talks with the Armenian leadership in Yerevan.-16D-
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An official notification has been sent to the American side that USAID has no legal grounds to work in the country and that it should stop its activities.This was reported by Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizadeh.
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The International Committee to Protect Journalists (ICPJ) condemned the arrest of Shamshad Agha, editor-in-chief of the independent news website 'Arqument.az', and called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release him and other imprisoned journalists.
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On the evening of February 5, it was reported that journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi had been arrested. She had been a presenter on the Toplum TV channel for several years. After a criminal case was initiated against the channel in March 2024 and nearly all of its staff were arrested, Beylargizi was questioned multiple times. According to relatives, the police conducted a search of her apartment.
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By a presidential decree dated February 5, Mukhtar Babaev has been appointed the presidential representative for climate issues.
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