Azerbaijani artists have presented paintings dedicated to the history and culture of Poland at a seminar in Baku
Day: December 7, 2023
Turkish delegation continues visit to Azerbaijan
The 2nd Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, Army General Irfan Ozsert, who is in Azerbaijan to participate in the 15th Meeting of the Azerbaijani-Turkish High-Level Military Dialogue, visited Military Institute named after Heydar Aliyev with the delegation led by him.
First, the guests visited and laid roses at the monument to Great Leader Heydar Aliyev next to the headquarters building of the Military Institute, as well as the memorial complex of the military personnel of the institute, who sacrificed their lives in the Patriotic War. The memory of Shehids was honored.
Army General I. Ozsert signed the “Book of Honor” of the institute.
The Rector of the National Defense University, Professor, Lieutenant General Heydar Piriyev met the Turkish delegation. He welcomed the guests and expressed his satisfaction with seeing them in Azerbaijan.
During the meeting, the work done in the field of military education and prospective plans between the two fraternal countries were discussed.
The guests got acquainted with the conditions in the Military Institute for the purpose of quality education. The Turkish representatives were given detailed information about institute’s activities.
At the end, a joint photo was taken.
Turkish delegation continues visit to Azerbaijan
Продолжается визит турецкой делегации в Азербайджан
Второй начальник Генерального штаба Вооруженных сил Турецкой Республики генерал армии Ирфан Озсерт и возглавляемая им делегация, совершающие визит в нашу страну для участия в проходящем в Баку 15-м заседании по азербайджано-турецкому военному диалогу высокого уровня, посетили Военный институт имени Гейдара Алиева.
Сначала был посещен памятник Общенациональному лидеру Гейдару Алиеву, воздвигнутому перед зданием штаба Военного института, а также мемориальный комплекс в честь воспитанников института, павших в Отечественной войне, были возложены цветы, почтена их светлая память.
Генерал армии И.Озсерт оставил памятную запись в «Книге почетных гостей» Военного института.
На встрече с турецкой делегацией ректор Национального университета обороны, профессор, генерал-лейтенант Гейдар Пириев, поприветствовав гостей, выразил удовлетворение видеть их в нашей стране.
Стороны обсудили текущую деятельность и перспективы двустороннего сотрудничества в военно-образовательной области.
Гости ознакомились с условиями, созданными в Военном институте в целях организации качественного образования. Турецкой делегации было обстоятельно рассказано о деятельности иститута.
В заключение было сделано совместное фото на память.
Продолжается визит турецкой делегации в Азербайджан
Azerbaijan’s Aliyev calls snap election after Karabakh victory https://t.co/hhrnetixBA
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) December 7, 2023
(Reuters) – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, riding high on a wave of support for his recapture of the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, on Thursday called an early presidential election for Feb. 7.
Aliyev, 61, was last re-elected in 2018 for a seven-year term, with a declared 86% of the vote, in a poll boycotted by major opposition parties.
With political dissent largely suppressed, he is almost certain to win a new term as head of the oil-rich state on the Caspian Sea courted by Russia, Turkey and the West.
In September he ordered a lightning offensive, after a nine-month blockade, to take full control of Nagorno-Karabakh from the ethnic Armenians who had run it for over three decades.
It was Baku’s second successful assault on ethnic Armenian-controlled territory in three years, and finally overturned what Aliyev and most in Azerbaijan saw as the historical wrong of Karabakh’s de facto secession in a bloody ethnic conflict that accompanied the collapse of the Soviet Union. Almost all the region’s 120,000 or so ethnic Armenians fled.
Helped by his country’s oil wealth, Aliyev has established a solid alliance with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan while also managing to maintain working relationships with both Russia and the West, deeply at odds over Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Western energy firms such as BP are heavily exposed to Azerbaijan, which is party to the “OPEC+” pact between the OPEC oil producers’ club and other key exporters such as Russia to restrict output in order to support world prices.
Aliyev has led Azerbaijan in authoritarian fashion since 2003, when he succeeded his father Haydar. As the result of a constitutional referendum in 2009, there is no limit on the number of terms he may serve.
In recent weeks, at least six independent journalists have been arrested including three at Abzas Media, an independent online outlet known for investigative reporting.
The organisation Reporters without Borders (RSF) ranks Azerbaijan 151st out of 180 countries in its World Press Freedom Index; international press freedom groups described the arrests as an attempt to silence reporting on corruption.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Kevin Liffey; editing by Reuters)
Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibilty for its content.
(Reuters) – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, riding high on a wave of support for his recapture of the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, on Thursday called an early presidential election for Feb. 7.
Aliyev, 61, was last re-elected in 2018 for a seven-year term, with a declared 86% of the vote, in a poll boycotted by major opposition parties.
With political dissent largely suppressed, he is almost certain to win a new term as head of the oil-rich state on the Caspian Sea courted by Russia, Turkey and the West.
In September he ordered a lightning offensive, after a nine-month blockade, to take full control of Nagorno-Karabakh from the ethnic Armenians who had run it for over three decades.
It was Baku’s second successful assault on ethnic Armenian-controlled territory in three years, and finally overturned what Aliyev and most in Azerbaijan saw as the historical wrong of Karabakh’s de facto secession in a bloody ethnic conflict that accompanied the collapse of the Soviet Union. Almost all the region’s 120,000 or so ethnic Armenians fled.
Helped by his country’s oil wealth, Aliyev has established a solid alliance with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan while also managing to maintain working relationships with both Russia and the West, deeply at odds over Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Western energy firms such as BP are heavily exposed to Azerbaijan, which is party to the “OPEC+” pact between the OPEC oil producers’ club and other key exporters such as Russia to restrict output in order to support world prices.
Aliyev has led Azerbaijan in authoritarian fashion since 2003, when he succeeded his father Haydar. As the result of a constitutional referendum in 2009, there is no limit on the number of terms he may serve.
In recent weeks, at least six independent journalists have been arrested including three at Abzas Media, an independent online outlet known for investigative reporting.
The organisation Reporters without Borders (RSF) ranks Azerbaijan 151st out of 180 countries in its World Press Freedom Index; international press freedom groups described the arrests as an attempt to silence reporting on corruption.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Kevin Liffey; editing by Reuters)
Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibilty for its content.