Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order on appointing his wife, Mehriban Aliyeva, to the post of rst Vice President of the country, the Azerbaijani APA reported.
“Of course, we can’t like the fact that Azerbaijan purchases armaments from our ally, who exerts many efforts, from which: mutual cooperation with Armenia, as OSCE MG Co-Chair, to maintain peace and stability on our region,” the Minister said.
“It’s clear that Armenia’s presence in CSTO provides the opportunity to institutionalize relations with Russia, i.e. CSTO interests Armenia, firstly, out of Russian factor, and this is creation of another “single flag”, under which Armenia can have support from Russia in various issues. Everybody knows which issues are meant, from which—Azerbaijani aggression, Turkish factor, which undoubtedly is considered important.”
The prosecutor’s office said the reason for the raids was related to a September order from Diyanet, a religious body tied to the Turkish prime ministry, for imams to pass information to diplomatic missions on Gulen supporters.
“We do not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state,” the Ministry’s information and press department said. “We consider that its status should be determined through political talks in the framework of the Minsk process.”
It is the first time Belarus has bought Iranian crude oil. The country is looking for alternative crude oil supplies after Russia cut exports to Belarus in the second half of 2016 and is threatening further cuts this year over a row about gas pricing between Minsk and Moscow.
The Defense Department might propose that the US send conventional ground combat forces into northern Syria for the first time to speed up the fight against ISIS, CNN has learned.
She expresses her complain over public defender Safar Huseinov and says the ICRC representatives are not allowed to visit Lapshin for unknown reasons, and Huseinov continues stating that her spouse has no complain.
“On account of all this, we may state that Iran-Armenia relations more strengthen Armenia’s positions, and I’d say they provide an alternative to Armenia in the field of security and defence. Iran, out of its interests, is ready to provide such alternatives to Armenia with its readiness to support.”
“Shahin Morzoev’s asylum request from Armenia is mainly conditioned by the oppressions against public and political figures of the Talysh people, Talysh journalists and anyone who raises issues of Talysh history in general. This particular activist has regularly been persecuted in Azerbaijan; his family members have also been harassed. Therefore, he had no other option than seek for an asylum,” Voskanyan said.
