On Tuesday the plenary session of the Parliament of Azerbaijan discussed mainly bilateral cooperation with Turkey (cultural heritage, joint ventures, search and rescue), the UK (flights), Belarus (fighting crime and leasing), Argentina (trade cooperation). In addition, simplified rules of crossing the border by residents of surrounding communities of Azerbaijan (including Nakhchivan) and Iran, should be adopted.
Deputies have ratified the creation of a single Cultural Heritage Foudation of Turkic states, whose founders, in addition to Azerbaijan, are Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Deputies also adopted a number of amendments to the laws of the country. In addition, they expanded the territory of the administrative center of Agdash region, and a village Archivan in Astara region was given the status of a settlement. --17D—
Politics
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On 23 January, the Khatai district court of Baku did not satisfy a petition to transfer 'Meydan TV' journalist Aytaj Tapdyg under house arrest. This was reported to Turan by lawyer Javad Javadov.
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The next trilateral meeting of Transport Ministers of Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia will be held in Moscow on 28 January. This was announced by Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzana Sadig at the 16th session of Iran-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Commission in Tehran.
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On 22 January, the Ganja Court for Serious Crimes sentenced Arshad Ibragimov, founder of the website 'dunyaninsesi.az', to 8 years of imprisonment, finding him guilty of extortion by threats.
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The Baku Court of Appeal, presided over by Emin Aliyev, considered an appeal against the prolongation of arrest of Ali Zeynalov, an employee of 'Toplum TV', on 22 January.
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