The second Armenian-Azerbaijani meeting ended in Khojaly

Today, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov received Israeli Foreign Ministry Director General Yakov Blitzstein. The parties discussed various aspects of bilateral relations including in the fields of economy, security, high technology, education, tourism, energy, transport, etc., the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry There was also a broad discussion of the current situation and prospects for cooperation in these areas, as well as the situation in the Gaza Strip.

The nomination of Elton Mammadov as a candidate for deputy was canceled due to the identification of falsifications in his documents, a member of this structure, Gabil Orujev announced at today's meeting of the CEC. The reason for the proceedings in the Mammadov case was the appeal of a group of voters from the 94th Ujar electoral district, from where E. Mammadov ran. During the inspection, it was revealed that E.Mammadov did not specify apartments with a large area in Baku, non-residential premises in the property declaration. Mammadov's concealment of income as an entrepreneur was also established.

Former diplomat Emin Ibrahimov was charged under Articles 126.2.4 (intentional infliction of serious harm to health from hooligan motives) and 221 (hooliganism) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. According to these Articles, he faces up to 11 years in prison, his lawyer Agyl Laidj wrote on Facebook.

Free access to the website of the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti lasted for one day – on July 23. After that, he was again blocked on the territory of Azerbaijan. The authorities have not commented on what happened.