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By Ayya Lmahamad
This project is designed for a weekly round-up of Azernews'
coverage of major events.
HIGHLIGHTS
In strategic gateway city of Lachin, Azerbaijani president
spurns Armenian claims
Speaker Pelosi casts a long shadow on US's alleged 'fair
arbiter' role in Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
Azerbaijani FM, UN Secretary-General discuss cooperation,
regional developments
Baku urges host nations to protect diplomatic missions from
Armenian attacks
Azerbaijani community protests Armenian aggression in
Berlin
Baku hands over bodies of 95 Armenian servicemen back to
Yerevan
Minister: Azerbaijan supplies 16 bcm of gas to Europe in
less than 2 years
Moldovan PM to visit Azerbaijan to discuss gas
supply
National team ranks third at Rhythmic Gymnastics World
Championships
Int'l experts highlight prospects of Azerbaijan's cultural
economy development
Culture minister puts the spotlight on economic aspect of
culture
NATION
In strategic gateway city of Lachin, Azerbaijani
president spurns Armenian claims
Ahead of the upcoming second anniversary of the start of the
Second Karabakh War, President Ilham Aliyev traveled to the strategic
gateway city of Lachin on the border with Armenia to raise the
nation's tricolor flag and once again demonstrate his staunch
belief and determination to rebuild and reconstruct the destroyed
Karabakh.
Ten escalation commandments
In the aftermath of the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border
escalation that took place between 12-14 September,
given its implications and the various subsequent reactions, it
appears to be judicious to consider certain common precepts that
are applicable to all flare-ups of this kind that have erupted
since the 10 November ceasefire deal and may happen in the
future.
Speaker Pelosi casts a long shadow on US's alleged 'fair
arbiter' role in Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
Come on the heels of the September 12-13 deadly clashes on the
Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the visit of US House of
Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Yerevan was clearly designed to show
solidarity with Baku's blood-thirsty neighbor's militaristic and
saber-rattling policies.
Azerbaijani FM, UN Secretary-General discuss
cooperation, regional developments
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and UN
Secretary-General have in New York discussed bilateral cooperation, as well as the recent
Armenian border provocation.
Baku urges host nations to protect diplomatic missions
from Armenian attacks
Baku has urged the host nations to protect the
Azerbaijani diplomatic missions from possible attacks of Armenian
fanatics in their territories.
Ombudswoman calls on int'l community to defend
Azerbaijani diplomatic mission against Armenian
attacks
Human Rights Commissioner Sabina Aliyeva has called on
the international community to defend Azerbaijan's diplomatic
mission against the Armenian extremist groups abroad.
Azerbaijani community protests Armenian aggression in
Berlin
Azerbaijani diaspora organizations in Germany picketed the Armenian embassy in Berlin. The pickets
protested the recent large-scale provocations committed by the
Armenian armed forces on the border with Azerbaijan, as well as
Armenia's landmine planting policy carried out in Azerbaijani
territories and the fate of the missing Azerbaijanis.
Azerbaijan files criminal case against Armenian
extremists attacking Paris embassy
The Azerbaijani Prosecutor-General's Office has launched a
criminal case against the Armenian extremists, who
attacked the Azerbaijani embassy building in Paris, France.
Baku protests at Paris over failing to protect embassy
from Armenian extremists' attack
Baku has sent a note
of protest to Paris over its failure to protect the Azerbaijani
embassy in France from the attack of the Armenian extremists.
Baku hands over bodies of 95 Armenian servicemen back to
Yerevan
Baku has returned the bodies of 95 Armenian servicemen
to Yerevan.
FM: Azerbaijan committed to peace agenda despite
Armenia's disruptive role
Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has said that Azerbaijan is committed to the peace agenda
with Armenia, despite the latter's disruptive acts. Bayramov made
the remarks at the 39th meeting of the Organization for Democracy
and Economic Development - GUAM Foreign Ministers' Council held on
the margins of the 77th UNGA session on September 20.
Azerbaijani parliament discussing air traffic deal with
Israel
An agreement on air traffic with Israel is being discussed at
the Azerbaijani parliament . The issue has been included in the agenda
of a meeting of the parliamentary committee on economic policy,
industry, and entrepreneurship during which the members of the
parliament will discuss the bill on the approval of the 'Agreement
between the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the
government of the State of Israel on air traffic'.
Bill to be drafted on protecting rights of Azerbaijani
citizens in digital space
A draft law on protecting the rights of Azerbaijani
citizens in the digital space will be prepared. This was announced
at a meeting of the Azerbaijani parliamentary committee on human
rights.
BUSINESS
Minister: Azerbaijan supplies 16 bcm of gas to Europe in
less than 2 years
Azerbaijan has supplied 16bn cu. m. of gas to Europe within less
than two years, Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov said , addressing the 5th Romanian International Gas
Conference.
Moldovan PM to visit Azerbaijan to discuss gas
supply
Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita will pay a visit to Azerbaijan to discuss gas supplies.
Minister: Azerbaijani-Turkish health business forum to
boost cooperation
An Azerbaijani-Turkish medical business forum and healthcare
exhibition will expand current cooperation between the two countries, Turkiye's
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in Baku.
Baku, Bern set new stage in connecting
businesses
The General Assembly of the Swiss-Azerbaijani
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) was held in Geneva under
the auspices of the SACCI with the support of Azerbaijan's Small
and Medium Business Development Agency (SMBDA) and the Azerbaijani
embassy in the Swiss Confederation.
Azerbaijan, Turkiye ink MoU on space
cooperation
Azerbaijan and Turkiye have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the
space sector. The document was signed between the Azerbaijani
satellite operator Azercosmos OJSC and the Turkish Space Agency
within the framework of the 73rd International Astronautical
Congress in Paris, France, on September 18-22.
Minister: Moldova turns to Azerbaijan as alternative gas
supplier
Moldova turns to Azerbaijan as an alternative supplier of gas,
Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu said . The remarks were made at the Romanian
International Gas Conference, organized by the Romanian Oil and Gas
Employers' Federation (FPPG).
Azerbaijan, WHO discuss bolstering health care
sector
Bolstering the primary health care sector is a vital and ongoing
priority for the WHO in Azerbaijan, Khalil Ibrahim, WHO
representative for Azerbaijan, has said . The remarks were made at a meeting at the
Ministry of Health with the delegation of the World Health
Organization (WHO) Assessment Mission.
Azerbaijan discuss energy cooperation with Greece,
Bulgaria, Turkiye
Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov held
meetings with Greece Environment and Energy Minister Kostas
Skrekas, Bulgarian Energy Minister Rossen Hristov, and Turkish
Energy and Natural Resources Deputy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar on
the margins of the 5th Romanian International Gas Conference.
CULTURE
Historical castle city plays home to birthday
celebrations of genius composer
As part of the 14th Uzeyir Hajibayli International Music
Festival, Azerbaijan's historical and strategic city of Shusha
played host to a splendid open-air concert .
Baku Int'l Book Fair is only a few days
away
The 8th Baku International Book Fair will be held at
the Baku Expo Center on October 5-9. More than 60 foreign
organizations from 16 countries, 130 local publishing houses, and
enterprises will be represented at the fair. Well-known national
and foreign writers and poets will take part in the fair.
Serbian traditional costumes on display in
Baku
Bright and colorful, traditional costumes are a significant part
of the Serbian culture . With elegance and ease, they
can come in a variety of shapes and a stunning number of colors.
Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum has demonstrated 64 stunning
traditional costumes from the collection of the Ethnographic Museum
in Belgrade.
Culture minister puts the spotlight on economic aspect
of culture
Azerbaijani Culture Minister Anar Karimov has addressed a scientific-practical conference on
'Cultural Economy in Azerbaijan: Shusha - development
impulses'.
Int'l experts highlight prospects of Azerbaijan's
cultural economy development
An international scientific-practical conference on 'Cultural economy in Azerbaijan: Shusha
- development impulses' is underway in Shusha. The conference
highlights the prospects for the cultural economy in Azerbaijan and
is being held under the title of Think4Culture within the Year of
Shusha.
National theaters support Azerbaijani Army over recent
flare-up with Armenia
Azerbaijan State Academic Musical Theater and the State Theater
for Young Spectators have organized an action to support the Azerbaijani
Army.
Poland hosts conference to discuss & promote heritage of
Turkic nations
The VI International Congress of Turkology, titled 'Studies on the Turkic
World - Multidisciplinary Perspectives' has been held in Poland.
The main partners of the event included the International Turkic
Culture and Heritage Foundation, the embassies of Azerbaijan,
Turkiye, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan in Poland, as well as the Yunus
Emre Institute, and the Karaite Heritage Foundation.
SPORTS
National team ranks third at Rhythmic Gymnastics World
Championships
The Azerbaijani gymnastics team has won a bronze medal at the 39th Rhythmic Gymnastics
World Championships in Bulgaria. For exercises with three ribbons
and two balls, Daria Sorokina, Kamilla Aliyeva, Laman Alimuradova,
Gullu Agalarzada, Yelizaveta Luzan, and Zeynab Hummatova scored
30.750 points, coming third.
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