Ilham Aliyev left for a visit to Moscow

Three journalists were summoned to the Baku Police Headquarters for questioning. Inara Humbatova was summoned on April 16, Shams Hajiyeva and Mina Aliyarli were summoned on the  April 17th.

The Ministry of Justice and the Penitentiary Service have not responded to the appeal of the lawyers of Alesker Mammadli,  the founder of “Toplum TV,” about his hospitalization. According to his brother Nasimi Mammadli, a second ultrasound examination was performed on April 12.

BP, the operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) project, announced the start of oil production from the new Azeri Central East (ACE) platform as part of the development of the ACG field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea.

Work is underway in Azerbaijan on a project to desalinate the water of the Caspian Sea, President Ilham Aliyev  stated today at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Shirvan irrigation Canal. "After the implementation of this project, we will use the water of the Caspian Sea, both for irrigation and for drinking," Aliyev said. A number of countries have extensive experience in the field of seawater desalination and Azerbaijan will use it, he noted.