Day: October 25, 2023
Azerbaijan will take part in the “chairmanship troika” of the Non-Aligned Movement for the next three years, Azernews reports, citing Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry.
It was reported that with the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement to be held in Kampala, Uganda, on January 15-20, 2024, the chairmanship of the Movement will pass from Azerbaijan to Uganda, and our country will take part in the “chairmanship Troika” of the Movement for the next 3 years. As a member of the Troika, Azerbaijan will spare no effort in strengthening the international influence and positions of the Movement.
The National Defense University hosted a working meeting on cooperation in military education and science in accordance with the Bilateral cooperation plan for 2023 between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Azernews reports.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado easily won Sunday’s presidential primary contest with 93% of the vote, the latest tally showed on Wednesday, though questions about her eventual candidacy persist.
After tallying 91.3% of ballot boxes, the National Primary Commission declared the results conclusive. Former lawmaker Carlos Prosperi – Machado’s nearest rival to challenge President Nicolas Maduro – won just 4%, the count showed.
Machado had already asserted her victory after an initial count of about a quarter of the ballots showed she was heading for a landslide win in the ballot to pick a unified opposition candidate to run against Maduro.
The Socialist president, in power for a decade, is expected to run for re-election in a presidential election due next year.