Baku/19.07.23/Turan: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the leadership of Azerbaijan for providing humanitarian assistance in the form of supplies of electrical equipment. “I welcome the decision to provide assistance for the purchase of power equipment for the needs of Ukraine. This support of friendly Azerbaijan is important for ensuring the stability of the energy complex of Ukraine in the face of constant attacks by the aggressor. We continue to actively work with our partners to prepare the energy system for winter,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter.
On July 17, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order to allocate $7.6 million for the purchase and supply of electrical equipment to Ukraine.—06B-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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