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Azerbaijan maintains strong counterterrorism co-op with US – report
Azerbaijan maintained its strong counterterrorism cooperation with the United States and actively opposed terrorist organizations seeking to move people, money, and materiel through the Caucasus region, says the “Country Reports on Terrorism 2016” of the US Department of State, posted on its website July 20.
The article of the director of The European Azerbaijan Society Lionel Zetter under the heading “HOW AZERBAIJAN HARNESSES SPORT AS AN INTEGRATION CATALYST FOR ITS REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSON”
The article of the director of The European Azerbaijan Society Lionel Zetter under the heading “HOW AZERBAIJAN HARNESSES SPORT AS AN INTEGRATION CATALYST FOR ITS REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSON” has been published at the website of “Peace and Sport” organization. The article is about the role of the sport in integration of the Azerbaijani refugees and displaced persons. Taking into account that the article is interesting to readers, we provide its translation. http://www.peace-sport.org/opinion/how-azerbaijan-harnesses-sport-as-an-integration-catalyst-for-its-refugees-and-internally-displaced-persons/
Turkish FM: Tripartite co-op mechanisms ensure regional stability
Tripartite mechanisms of cooperation ensure regional stability, Turkish media cited the country’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying July 18. Cavusoglu made the remarks on the eve of his visit to Baku scheduled for July 19 as part of the meeting of the Azerbaijani, Turkish and Turkmen foreign ministers.
Azerbaijani company partakes in tender to build Bosnia highway section
Five companies, joint ventures and consortia from China, Turkey, Austria and Azerbaijan have submitted bids for the construction of a 100 million euros section of a north-to-south highway in Bosnia, Reuters reported.
Security of Azerbaijani civilians must be ensured – Bundestag member
The necessity of political compromises for the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict’s peaceful settlement – security guarantees for the population, living near the line of contact and the confidence building – has to be emphasized in all negotiations and bilateral meetings with the parties.
Anar Alakbarov: Terrorism is crime against mankind
Terrorism is a crime against all mankind no matter where it occurs, said Anar Alakbarov, assistant to the first vice-president of Azerbaijan, executive director of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
Argentine senator condemns Armenia's military provocation in Azerbaijani village
A member of the Argentine Senate has condemned Armenia’s recent military provocation in Alkhanli village of Azerbaijan’s Fuzulidistrict. In her letter addressed to the Azerbaijani Embassy in Argentina, the head of the Argentina-Friendship Group with Azerbaijan, María Ester Labado, expressed support to the Azerbaijani people and condemned Armenia’s aggressive policy against Azerbaijan, the Foreign Ministry told APA on Wednesday.
Russia’s Border Service edits info about exercises in occupied Azerbaijani territories
The Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has edited the information it released two days ago about Russia and Armenia holding exercises at the border with Iran. The word “Nagorno-Karabakh” has been removed from the text, APA reported citing news.am.
Patrick Sensburg: "There must not be any attack on the civilian population"
In his response to an enquiry by the Berlin office of The European Azerbaijan Society regarding the killing of Sahiba Guliyeva and her two-year-old granddaughter Zahra Guliyeva due to Armenian shelling of the civilian population of the Alkhanly village in the Fuzuli district, Bundestag member from CDU Patrick Sensburg MP made a statement. Statement by commenting the current situation. « I have been informed about the unfortunate news of the deaths of Sahiba Guliyeva (50) and her two-year-old granddaughter Zahra Guliyeva from the Azerbaijani region of Fizuli. This report from yet further civilian victims of the conflict about Nagorno-Karabakh has saddened me deeply. Furthermore, there seem to be even more heavily injured Azerbaijani civilians as victims of a targeted granate attack from the Armenian forces.
FILM-EXHIBITIONS ON A LARGE SCREEN
British Council in collaboration with CoolConnections and Park Cinema presents a new project. From July 16, 2017, the Baku audience will have an opportunity to see the FILM-EXHIBITIONS from the British director Phil Grabski in high quality and on the large screen! The exhibitions from London National Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts and the Gallery of Modern Art, as well as from the Norwegian National Museum, Munch Museum, the Amsterdam State Museum, the Royal Mauritshuis Gallery and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam have received a new life on the big screen and become available to art lovers in all over the world.
Karabakh tragedy brought to the steps of the Armenian Embassy in London
In an emotive reconstruction, the carnage of this week’s tragedy near to the Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh has been brought directly to the steps of the Armenian Embassy in London. After a week when shocking images showing the bloodied corpse of two-year-old Zahra Guliyeva flooded the airwaves, five battered, bruised and bloody dismembered dolls were strewn on the steps to the Embassy in Kensington.
Marco Wanderwitz: "We are very worried by this news about a further escalation of
In his response to an enquiry by the Berlin office of The European Azerbaijan Society regarding the killing of Sahiba Guliyeva and her two-year-old granddaughter Zahra Guliyeva due to Armenian shelling of the civilian population of the Alkhanly village in the Fuzuli district, Bundestag member from CDU Marco Wanderwitz made a statement. Statement by MP commenting the current situation. « This week innocent civilians have sadly become - yet again - victims of the ongoing conflict about Nagorno-Karabakh: One woman and her two-year old granddaughter died in a mortar attack, carried out by Armenian forces out of the illegally occupied territories. Other heavily-wounded Azerbaijani civilians are being treated in intense medical care as further victims. We are very worried by this news about a further escalation of the conflict.
Lionel Zetter sent the letters to such famous editions
The world media has many reports on firing by the Armenian armed forces of the civilian population in the village of Alkhanly of Fizuli district and killing of Sahiba Guliyeva and her two-year-old granddaughter Zahra Guliyeva. To inform the international media, Lionel Zetter, director of TEAS, has sent the letters to such famous editions as "The Times", The Guardian, "The Economist" and “New York Times”. It ran: “With so many conflicts raging around the world, the ongoing Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh receives little coverage. Your newspaper is an honourable exception to that rule.
“The death of civilians is always dramatic"...
Commenting on the recent tragic events in Fuzili, Senator Christophe-André Frassa, Member of France–Caucasus Friendship Group in the French Senate, told the French office of The European Azerbaijan Society: