The United States of America, through its Military European Command, initiated three humanitarian water improvement projects in the villages of Yeni Dashkend, Alkhasli, and Ardushlu. The project will be coordinated through the U.S. Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation. Once completed, the three projects are expected to improve water access and distribution for nearly 700 families.
U.S. Embassy and Azerbaijani officials participated in a ground breaking ceremony to mark the start of the projects on 5 November 2015.Further inquiries should be directed to the US Embassy Press Office. The U.S. European Command has sponsored 17 humanitarian assistance projects, totaling more than $4 million dollars since 2003. These projects have included upgrades and constructions of schools as well as water supply projects, mostly targeting IDP communities. Since 1993, the United States has provided over $115 million to support IDPs and refugees in Azerbaijan. –02D--
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Under the agreement between Azerbaijan and the European Union on the readmission of persons residing without permission, 37 Azerbaijani citizens were returned from Germany on November 26.
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Six people died on the evening of November 27 as a result of a collision between two cars on a section of the Baku-Gazakh highway passing through the Tovuz region.
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Official Baku has condemned the visit of Polish President Andrzej Duda to the Azerbaijan-Armenia border during his official visit to Armenia. "The visit of Polish President Andrzej Duda to the to Armenia-Azerbaijan border area in the company of members of the EU Mission in Armenia (EUMA), unfortunately, is another demonstration of anti-Azerbaijani policy of different EU member countries and European institutions. We deeply regret that President of the country which is officially a “strategic partner” of Azerbaijan has participated in the unacceptable diplomatic “binocular show” leading to the aggravation of relations between Azerbaijan and Poland,”" reads the statement on the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ account on X (formerly Twitter).
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According to the “Times of India”, the first batch of “Pinaka” missile systems has been delivered to Armenia.
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