The State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) held a meeting of the Multilateral Group on the use of Extractıve Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Azerbaijan.
According to the SOFAZ, the meeting was also attended by representatives of the World Bank.
Issues of technical assistance from the World Bank for the availability of government agencies’ reports were discussed.
The meeting discussed the EITI report for 2015, the Action Plan of the EITI International Board on correctional activities in Azerbaijan and others.
In addition, they discussed the status of the work plan for 2016, the definition of the work plan for 2017, the priorities, how to obtain, publish and re-execute the EITI data.
Recall that in October 2016 the international EITI Board granted Azerbaijan time till March 2017 to improve the working conditions of civil society, without which the full membership of Azerbaijan in this organization will not be restored.
The status of Azerbaijan was demoted to candidate country a year ago due to the repression against NGOs and suppressing the rights and freedoms of civil society. -05D06--
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On December 25, an Embraer 190 passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL), on a Baku–Grozny flight, crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Azerbaijan’s Consul General in Aktau, Ayxan Suleymanlı, stated that the plane had 67 people onboard, including crew members, 38 of whom died. According to him, 26 of the deceased were Azerbaijani citizens.
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On December 27th, rain is expected in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, and heavy rainfall in some areas. The wind will be southeast. The air temperature at night will be +7 to +9°C, and during the day, it will be +9 to +11°C. Humidity will be 70-80%. Precipitation is expected across the country in the evening, particularly in the eastern regions. Snow is expected in the mountains.
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Embraer 190 plane of Azerbaijani airline AZAL crashed near the city of Aktau early in the morning on December 25.
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Embraer 190 plane of Azerbaijani airline AZAL crashed near the city of Aktau early in the morning on December 25.
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