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New UNDP rep takes office in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov received Helena Fraser, the newly appointed UN resident coordinator and UNDP permanent representative in Uzbekistan, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry’s press service said in a message.
Georgia has little chance to join NATO in short term: expert
Georgia, despite the support of the United States, has a little chance of joining North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the short term, David Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, told Trend.
Ilham Aliyev inaugurates new highway in Gakh
As part of his visit to Gakh district, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today attended the opening of Alatamir-Marsan-Tasmali-Zayam-Lalali highway. The head of state viewed photo stands reflecting the technical indicators of the highway.
Children with disabilities at the international tournament
Children’s Paralympics Committee, established with the support of Azercell Telecom LLC successfully continues its operation, thus the Committee now includes 6 kinds of sports: judo, swimming, table tennis, wrestling, boccia and dancing in wheel-chair. At present, 32 children practice boccia in Mardakan and Ganjlik rehabilitation centers, 40 children go in for swimming in Sumgait Paralympic Center, 6 children practice table tennis in Garadagh tennis school and 32 sportsmen exercise judo in Sumgait Paralympic Center. Additionally, there are 20 people practicing wresting in the building of the Society of Blind People and 1 person going in for dancing in wheel-chair in the dancing hall of AF Mall. Furthermore, a group of paralympians had a medical check-up and treatment and attended the training camp in Gashalti Hotel, Naftalan with the support of Azercell in June.
Bakcell has organized yet another workshop on “the introduction to mobile communications”
Bakcell, The First Mobile Operator and Leading Mobile Internet Provider of Azerbaijan has held yet another workshop for the journalists on the topic of “The Introduction to Mobile Communications”. This year’s workshop has featured discussions on the topics as digitalization, roaming, startup environment in Azerbaijan and the “Applab” project, internet products, information security, innovative solutions offered to the corporate customers of “Bakcell” and etc.
French shooter: All conditions created for European Championship in Azerbaijan
France’s Alexis Raynaud, who won the gold medal at the European Shooting Championship in Baku, has told Trend that he is very happy and grateful to return home with a medal.
Tehran’s missile tests don’t violate nuclear deal, expert says
Tehran’s missile tests don’t violate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, aka nuclear deal), Dr. Ali Pishro, an expert in American and Canadian studies at the University of Birmingham, has told Trend.
President Aliyev appoints ADIF’s deputy executive director
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree Aug. 1 appointing Vugar Abdullayev as the deputy executive director of the Azerbaijan Deposit Insurance Fund (ADIF).
Free eye check-ups continue
In the first half of the year, over 700 people benefited from the services provided by Mobile Eye Clinic, supported by Azercell Telecom LLC, while around 500 of them were adults and over 200 of them were children. In January the doctors of mobile clinic examined 36 refugees and the deprived in Kurdamir district. As a result, some patients were assigned eyeglass prescriptions while others received various treatment. Moreover, the doctors also checked 58 people in the polyclinics No. 13 in Amirjan settlement and polyclinics No. 23 in Hovsan settlement. Additionally, with the support of Social Protection Fund in Sabunchu, 42 more people benefited from the service in the beginning of the year.
Azerbaijani MP: Russia should abandon pro-Armenian orientation
Russia should abandon the traditional pro-Armenian orientation so that everything goes smoothly in its South Caucasus policy, Yagub Mahmudov, Azerbaijani MP, director of the Institute of History at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), told Trend.
Second Jordanian dies in shooting at Israeli embassy in Jordan
A second Jordanian died from wounds inflicted during a shooting incident on Sunday in the compound of the Israeli embassy that also injured two others including one Israeli, a security source said, Reuters reported.
Azerbaijani defense ministry: Armenia’s provocation prevented
The Azerbaijani army positions in Qaymagli, Kemerli villages of Qazakh district, as well as Kokhanebi, Aghbulag, Aghdam villages of Tovuz district of Azerbaijan underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located in the Berd and Noyemberyan districts of Armenia, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend July 24.
Turkish–Azerbaijani relations take centre-stage
DEIK (Turkey’s Foreign Economic Relations Board) held a high-level event to discuss Turkish–Azerbaijani bilateral business and economic developments, bringing together representatives from the business communities of the two nations. The discussion was hosted at the Four Seasons Hotel Bosphorus in Istanbul. The sixth edition of this annual event was hosted by Selcuk Akat, Head, Turkish-Azerbaijani Business Committee, DEIK; Rena Rzaeva, The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS) Turkey Representative; and Cenk Eynehan, General Manager, Pasha Bank Turkey. Presentations and speeches were given by all the hosts, highlighting the development of trade between the two countries to date, and future potential for the expansion of collaboration between the two economies.
Place of Azerbaijani, Armenian presidents’ meeting not determined
The place of the meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, has not been yet determined, Artem Kozhin, deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Information and Press Department, told a briefing on July 20.