Day: May 26, 2023

Relatives of believers arrested on charges of drug trafficking held a protest rally near the administration of the President of Azerbaijan today. They raised portraits of the arrested, declaring their innocence. One of the participants of the action told Turan that although the charges were officially filed on drugs, the arrested are being interrogated about possible ties with Iran, and pro-government propaganda presents them as "Iranian spies." The police did not interfere in the course of the action, but recommended the protesters to contact the reception department of the administration. Eventually, the protesters were put on a bus and removed from the territory. More than 100 people have recently been arrested from among the believers, who are represented as agents of the special services of Iran. However, subsequently, most of the detainees are charged with drug-related charges.

Source: Turan News Agency

Shamsia Manafova and Ramazan Jafarov, who were engaged in drug trafficking in the capital's village of Balajar were detained during another police operation in the Binagadi district of Baku. About 7 kg of heroin and marijuana were found and seized at the place of residence of these persons. The detainees stated that they received drugs from Iranian citizens whom they met on social networks. A lawsuit has been filed against Shamsia Manafova and Ramazan Jafarov.

Source: Turan News Agency

The current circumstances allow us to count on the possibility of concluding a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the foreseeable future, but the main thing is not time, but the final solution of all issues,the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Friday. Representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Russian Federation will meet "at the end of next week in Moscow" to discuss the issues between the parties. "There is no task to finalize everything to the end, because the main thing is still the end result, no one is chasing time here," the TASS news agency quoted Peskov. According to him, now it is hardly possible to predict "the exact date of signing a peace treaty." It should be noted that a week later, Aliyev and Pashinyan are meeting in Chisinau, where they are to discuss the signing of a peace agreement mediated by the presidents of the Council of the European Union and France, as well as the German Chancellor. Thus, the meeting of the deputy prime ministers in Moscow will take place after the meeting in Chisinau. As for the meeting of the deputy prime ministers, according to the President of Russia, they will have to agree on "technical issues and terms", which will allow signing a document on the opening of communications in the region.

Source: Turan News Agency

Mine clearance should not be the responsibility of only countries that have been affected by mines, former Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said at the international "Combating Mines - the way to Sustainable Development Goals" conference in Baku, Trend reports.

He noted that other countries and the international community should share responsibility in mine clearance, help the country affected by mines.

"Civilians are seriously affected by mines. The mine clearance process in Croatia is still ongoing. And the main reason for this is that we do not have maps of minefields. Mine clearance should not be the responsibility of only the countries that have been affected by mines,” Stjepan Mesic said.

“We have a responsibility to future generations, so we must not only deal with mine clearance and combat mines, but fight for peace and cooperation, not for war and conflict,” he added.

Following the liberation of its lands, Azerbaijan from Nov. 2020 started carrying out operations on clearing its lands from mines, booby traps, and various weapons left behind by the Armenian troops.

According to the Defense Ministry, a total of up to 30,420 hectares of Azerbaijani land have been cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance by the engineer-sapper units in the liberated territories so far.

In total, 10,206 anti-personnel mines, 2,580 anti-tank mines and 10,446 units of unexploded ordnance were detected and neutralized.

Source: TREND News Agency