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9015 foreigners deported from Azerbaijan during past 11 months

The State Migration Service (SMS) received 48 250 applications from the foreigners and stateless persons during 11 months of this year, said the statistics issued by the SMS on the ...

Human Rights Commissioner: We expect Azerbaijan’s President to sign a pardon decree on the eve of the New Year

“We expect Azerbaijan’s President to sign a pardon decree on the eve of the New Year,” Human Rights Commissioner Elmira Suleymanova told journalists. “If signed, it will be the 50th ...

Baku hosts conference on 20th anniversary of Azerbaijan’s state independence

Baku hosts the international conference, titled “Twentieth Year of Independence: Successes Achieved and Challenges Faced on the Way to the Progressive, Fair and Dynamic State Building,” jointly organized by the ...

Ali Ahmadov: A number of reports released by the international organizations contain unverified, biased items

“The Azerbaijani government is efficiently cooperating with all international organizations, including Transparency International, Human Rights Watch and Freedom House,” deputy chairman, executive secretary of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) Ali ...

Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers plan to meet

Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Edward Nalbandian are planning to meet within the meeting of the OSCE Foreign Ministerial Council in Vilnius. OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs – ...

70 human traffic facts recorded, 4 criminal groups neutralized, 18 criminals disclosed in Azerbaijan this year

A human trafficker, who was declared wanted by Azerbaijani law-enforcement bodies, died in Pakistan, Chief of Department to Combat Human Trafficking of the Interior Ministry Javid Shikhaliyev said. He noted ...

Azerbaijani MPs address Belgium Foreign Minister

Head of the working group on Azerbaijan-Belgium Inter-parliamentary relations, MP Elkhan Suleymanov and member of the working group on Azerbaijan-Belgium Inter-parliamentary relations, MP Azer Karimli addressed Foreign Minister of the ...

UNESCO: Azerbaijan’s carpet weaving art needs serious protection

UNESCO Director-General said that the types of cultural heritage mentioned in the list need serious and urgent protection. Azerbaijan’s carpet weaving art is also in the UNESCO’s Cultural Heritage List. ...

Azerbaijani president, ADB president discuss prospects of cooperation

The Head of State expressed his satisfaction with the organization of the 10th anniversary conference of ministers on the Programme of the Central Asian countries’ development in Baku. President Aliyev ...

Illegal migrant centers to be opened in Azerbaijan

Centers for illegal migrants will be opened in Azerbaijan, Deputy Chief of the State Migration Service Parviz Musayev said. According to him, the centers were constructed in Baku and Yevlakh ...