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Baku/24.05.22/Turan: This year, a quota for 680 people has been allocated to pilgrims to Mecca from Azerbaijan. The cost of the hajj to Saudi Arabia will be $5,350 per person, Turan was told at the Caucasus Muslims Office. The acceptance of documents for sending on the Hajj pilgrimage begins on May25.
The conditions for admission to the pilgrimage are the presence of a double vaccination against COVID-19, the submission of a negative PCR test no later than 72 hours before departure.
Due to the pandemic, in 2020 and 2021 there were no departures for Hajj from Azerbaijan. In 2019, the cost of the Hajj trip was $4285.—06B-
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On November 12, the summit of world leaders commenced at the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku. According to "Euronews," citing sources from the UN, the event is attended by around 100 heads of state.
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