Day: October 16, 2023

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan, including the Karabakh region,  from 16 to 23 October 2023 with a focus on the human rights situation of people affected by the conflict.

The Commissioner will hold meetings with State officials, representatives of international organisations and civil society.

A statement will be published at the end of the visit.

US President Joe Biden said on Sunday he believes the Hamas militant group must be eliminated but there should be a path to a Palestinian state, after top US officials warned the war between Israel and Hamas could escalate, Report informs via Reuters.

Hamas is behind the attack on a civilian evacuation convoy, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, told FT, Report informs.

According to the official exchange rates of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan for today, the US dollar remained unchanged at 1.7000 manat, euro decreased by 0.2% to 1.7893 manat, and the Russian ruble stood steady at 0.0225 manat.

Retail prices of gold in Japan hit a record high for the first time in about three weeks on Monday, aided by safe-haven buying reflecting the escalating conflict between Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel, Report informs via Japanese media.