Today, the CEC registered the leader of the Democratic Party Sardar Mammadov (Jalaloglu ) presidential candidate in the elections on October 9. Thus, the process of consideration of applications completed and the struggle for the presidency will lead the 10 candidates.
It was previously reported the following people became candidates: Ilham Aliyev , the leader of Umid Iqbal Aghazadeh , self-promoted MP Zahid Oruc , chairman of the Social Democratic Party Araz Alizadeh , the head of the party United Azerbaijan Popular Front Gudret Gasanguliev, the head of the party Modern Musavat Hafiz Hajiyev, the leader of the party Movement of National Revival Faraj Guliyev, the representative from the National Council of Democratic Forces ( NCDF ) Jamil Hasanli and Justice party leader Ilyas Ismailov .
4 more candidates were denied registration - leader of REAL Ilgar Mamedov , head of Citizen and Development Party Ali Aliyev , chairman of Liberal Democratic Party, Fuad Aliyev and the head of the party Azadlig Ahmed Oruj.
7 more candidates left the electoral race, taking their candidatures back, or unable to collect 40,000 signatures. -06D-
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The health condition of Afgan Sadigov, head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.Tv, who is on hunger strike in a pre-trial detention centre in Georgia, is deteriorating day by day. For a fortnight of hunger strike his weight has decreased from 91 kg to 76 kg, his wife Sevindzh Sadigova, who visited him in the pre-trial detention centre, told Turan.
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On October 3, a meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took place in Paris. According to a statement from the French presidency, Macron reaffirmed France's commitment to supporting Armenia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as the Armenian people's aspiration for peace and democracy.
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Comments made by the head of the FSB of Russia, Alexander Bortnikov, claiming that the EU Monitoring Mission in Armenia is engaged in intelligence activities against Russia and Iran, are "utter nonsense, lies, and manipulation typical of the Russian regime, which is trying to cover up its repeated failure to fulfill obligations to Armenia and promises made", Peter Stano, a representative of the European External Action Service, stated in response to Bortnikov's remarks in Astana during a meeting of security heads from CIS countries.
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Fazil Gasimov, an economist who has been on hunger strike for 113 days while in prison, has been suffering from 39 degrees body temperature since yesterday, his relatives told Turan on Friday following their visit to him at the medical facility of the penitentiary service. "Fazil could fall into a coma at any moment. He is just skin and bones. His immune system has weakened. Since yesterday, his temperature has not dropped below 39 degrees," said a family member.
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