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 November 15, animal rights activist Kamran Mammadli was detained while staging a protest at the COP29 climate conference. Mammadli was protesting the shooting of street dogs in Azerbaijan. He raised a sign above his head that read: "Azerbaijani authorities are shooting dogs on the streets!" He also shouted: "Resign those who teach youth to be sycophants under the guise of volunteerism!"
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Arrested Abzas Media journalists were pressured in Baku pretrial detention center No. 1.
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On November 15, the Tbilisi City Court heard the merits of the complaint filed by the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, Afgan Sadygov, against the denial of political asylum in Georgia.
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The United States has been working with Azerbaijan for a long time on energy issues and fossil fuel emissions, particularly focusing on technologies that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and help transition to clean energy, the U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm stated at a press conference on November 15 during COP29 in Baku, in response to a question from Turan about how the U.S. can assist Azerbaijan in its transition to renewable and green energy.
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