The first meeting of the new parliament elected the Vice-Speakers. The First Vice-Speaker Ziyafat Askerov has remained in his position. The Vice-Speakers Bahar Muradova and Valeh Aleskerov have also remained in office.
Askerov and Muradova as well as the Speaker Ogtay Asadov, are members of the ruling party New Azerbaijan, while Aleskerov is nonpartisan. -06D--
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60-year-old Oktay Asadov was today re-elected Speaker of the Milli Mejlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan. His candidacy was proposed by the ruling party New Azerbaijan at the first meeting of the new Parliament.
During the uncontested elections, by secret ballot, Asadov for the third time became the speaker of parliament.
He was elected to the post in 2005 and 2010. -06D-
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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