On July 12 the head of the UN Office in Azerbaijan Gulam Isakzai and Azerbaijan’s Economic Development Minister Shahin Mustafayev signed a framework agreement on cooperation for 2016-2020.
The UN will assist in carrying out reforms in Azerbaijan, Isakzai said at the signing ceremony. The government is implementing reforms and preparing a strategy to diversify the economy, and the UN is ready to contribute to it. "Our contribution includes policy advice and expertise. We can help in the development of agriculture, health and other spheres," Isakzai said.
In turn, Mustafayev noted that the new program covers three areas: the promotion and diversification of the economic development, the strengthening and effectiveness of public and social services; and modernization of environmental management.
The framework program pays special attention to the expansion of e-services, the creation of industrial zones and neighborhoods, increase in the role of young people and others. -02D-
Politics
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On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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