Baku / 06.02.19 / Turan: The head of the Ministry for Emergency Situations (MES) Kemaladdin Heydarov, arrived to the earthquake zone, and said that the President Ilham Aliyev gave instructions to eliminate the effects of the earthquake.
According to him, residents of houses in emergency condition will be temporarily located in other places. The state will provide assistance for repair work, he said.
According to the Republican Seismological Center, since February 5, five earthquakes have been recorded in the country. The first shocks occurred at 23:19 not far from the village of Pirgulu with a strength of four points. At the epicenter, the force of shocks amounted to five points. The last shocks were recorded at 04:25 also near Pirgulu, but of lesser force. -02D-
Politics
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During the ongoing COP29 climate conference in Baku on November 14, a group of activists staged a protest condemning Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The activists also denounced countries that supply oil and weapons to nations waging aggressive wars. The protest featured placards with slogans such as: "From fossil fuels to peace!", "End war crimes!", "Punish the aggressor!", and "Phase out fossil fuel use to achieve peace!" among others.
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The United States and the European Union, which tried to position themselves as mediators in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, have come up with nothing and merely copied Russia's ideas, distorting their essence in order to "hijack" the peace process for themselves. However, their true goal was to take control of the region, to insert themselves into it, and to push out Russia, as well as Iran and Türkiye, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated at a briefing on November 13.
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The body of Vera Agasyan, a 70-year-old Armenian woman who passed away on October 20 in Khankendi, remains unclaimed after 15 days, as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has not provided an explanation for the delay, according to Azerbaijani media reports.
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At the venue of the COP29 conference in Baku, a group of activists held a protest under the slogan ‘Pay up’.
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