On Wednesday, President Ilham Aliyev received the Minister of Defense of Lithuania Juozas Olekas, who arrived in Baku on an official visit.
As the press service of the President said, during the meeting the sides discussed issues of bilateral cooperation in the political, economic and other fields.
At the same time, the role of the Ministries of Defense of both countries to strengthen such cooperation was noted.
On the same day, the talks continued between the defense ministers of the two countries in the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan.
Zakir Hasanov and Juozas Olekas with the participation of delegations from the two sides discussed regional issues, cooperation in the framework of NATO, and the state of the Karabakh conflict.
The visit of the Lithuanian Minister will continue until October 10. -02D-
Politics
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On January 15, the Tbilisi Court of Appeals rejected the appeal of Afghan Sadigov, the founder of the Azel TV website, who had protested his extradition to Azerbaijan. Sadigov’s wife, Sevinj Sadigova, stated that this was the final judicial instance in Georgia making a decision on the case, Turan reported. On the other hand, lawyer Mariam Kvelashvili informed Turan that the defense would continue legal steps to prevent the extradition of Afghan Sadigov. According to his wife, Afghan has been on hunger strike for 117 days, and his health is critical.
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