On Thursday the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law allowing deployment to its territory foreign troops for a peacekeeping operation to ensure the speedy normalization of the situation in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The law specifies that the purpose of the stay of the armed forces of other states on the territory of Ukraine, is the providing Ukraine military assistance at its request.
Deployment to the territory of Ukraine the armed forces of states that have not recognized its independence and territorial integrity, or having territorial claims, and aggression against Ukraine is forbidden.
Speaking in parliament, President Poroshenko stressed that the likelihood of the resumption of large-scale war in the east of Ukraine is very real. He said that in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions there are 14 specialized battalions of Russia with total number of 14,000 people, and a huge amount of military equipment.
Kiev believes that the deterioration of the situation in Donetsk is evidence of the beginning of the next offensive of the Russian troops to capture new territories of Ukraine, in particular Mariupol.-02D-
Politics
-
On November 14, the House of Commons of the UK Parliament held a hearing on "Academic Freedom and Corruption in Azerbaijan's Energy Sector," focusing on the issue of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. The event, organized in collaboration with Global Witness and the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, was moderated by Joe Powell, head of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption.
-
Head of the External Relations and Security Service of the EU Josep Borrel rejected the accusations against him and European countries made by the head of Azerbaijan at the COP29 conference the previous day.
-
On Thursday, President Ilham Aliyev received the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, who arrived to participate in the COP29 climate conference.
-
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today issued five rulings on applications from Azerbaijan. The case of "Afgan Mammadov v. Azerbaijan" concerned the complainant's exclusion from the Bar Association. Mammadov was expelled based on a complaint filed by a colleague, which he considered unjust. The ECHR ruled that Mammadov's rights had been violated and ordered Azerbaijan to pay him €5,000 in compensation for moral damage and €1,000 to cover legal costs.
Leave a review