A delegation from the Council of Europe’s Advisory Committee under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities visited Azerbaijan last week (23-27 October). It will assess the progress made in the protection of national minorities.This was the the fifth visit of this mission to Azerbaijan, the Council of Europe said. It held meetings in Baku, Lankaran, Guba and Khynalyg with representatives of the authorities, civil society and national …
The United States on Tuesday reiterated its hope that Sweden will be approved to enter NATO ‘as soon as possible,’ as the State Department put it.”I won”t put a timeline on it other than to say we want it to happen as quickly as possible,” spokesperson Matthew Miller told TURAN’s Washington correspondent during a daily briefing.When asked if Washington was frustrated that the process is taking longer, Miller pushed back: …
U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden Monday night hosted an annual Halloween eve trick-or-treating that welcomed local public school students and military-connected children to the White House. Children of administration officials joined the group as well.U.S. Secretary of State Blinken”s son appeared to dress up as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnkyy and his daughter wore Ukrainian flag colors.The White House was decorated with autumnal foliage, stacks of …
A rally in support of Palestine was held in Marneuli (Azerbaijani-inhabited district centre of Georgia) on 31 October.According to Georgian media, the rally was addressed by Akhund Haji Hajiyev, the head of the Red (main) Mosque, and Ali Aliyev, a representative of the Caucasus Muslims Department in Georgia.Akhund Hajiyev called “silence around the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip as a sign of support for Israel”. According to him, the people …
At the invitation of “Borsa Istanbul”, chairman of the supervisory board of the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) Farid Akhundov was in Istanbul on October 26-27 on a business visit.This is reported by the BSE.The report says that during the visit, meetings were held between the two structures. At the meetings, a common agreement was reached on enhancing existing cooperation.As a reminder, the BSE has 20 shareholders, one of which is “Borsa …