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Silk Way West Airlines, a global cargo airline based in Baku, has announced the launch of new weekly flights to Houston starting from this week. The airline will operate the flights to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), one of the busiest airports in the United States. Silk Way West Airlines will also continue to operate regular flights to Chicago and Dallas, expanding its growing route network in the Americas. “We are thrilled to launch our new weekly flights to Houston, one of the most important cargo gateways in the United States, which will provide additional capacity and faster transit times for our customers,” said Fadi Nahas, Vice President Commercial of Silk Way West Airlines. “Our growing presence in the Americas demonstrates our commitment to providing reliable and efficient cargo solutions for our customers in this region. This new route will also enhance our ability to connect customers to key markets in Central Asia and the Middle East.”

Source: AZERTAC, Azerbaijan State News Agency

Minister of Health of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (AR) has been dismissed, APA’s Nakhchivan Bureau reports.

According to the signed order, Minister of Health Niyazi Novruzov was released from his position on April 12.

By another order, Samig Sadigov was appointed Deputy Minister of Health of Nakhchivan AR, and he will temporarily perform the minister’s duties.

Source: Azeri-Press News Agency (APNA)

An Iftar dinner has been hosted on the initiative of President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva in Khazar district, Baku. Families of martyrs and low-income families as well as war veterans joined the Iftar meal. The Iftar dinner started with the recitation of verses from the holy Quran. The participants held prayers for the souls of martyrs, who sacrificed their lives for the independence and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. They also highlighted virtues and blessings of the holy month of Ramadan. Reyhan Yusifova, mother of the Patriotic War martyr Ramin Yusifzade and reserve officer Emil Hasanov, who fought in the April battles and the Patriotic War, expressed their gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva for their attention and care to the families of martyrs, members of low-income families, and war veterans.

Source: AZERTAC, Azerbaijan State News Agency

“We witness political and military provocations by Armenia, when positive steps are taken towards the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” said Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov at press conference he held with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Bujar Osmani in Baku, APA reports.

The Minister stressed that it is not the first case: “Azerbaijani side investigate the issue, however, based on initial reviews, it became clear that it was a planned provacation. The presence of the corps commander of special forces indicates that this was done on their orders, not the decision of an ordinary soldier. This once again shows that there was a plan behind this provocation.”

The Foreign Minister also stressed that rapid construction works are underway in the areas near the areas where the provacation took place.

Source: Azeri-Press News Agency (APNA)

Azerbaijan appointed a special representative for the Karabakh economic region and invited the Armenian residents to Baku for discussing both reintegration and various infrastructure projects, said President Ilham Aliyev as he received OSCE Chairman-in-Office Bujar Osmani. The head of state noted the Armenia-Azerbaijan talks are in progress towards peace treaty and normalization of relations on a bilateral basis. The President of Azerbaijan underlined that the incident, which took place yesterday on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, is the provocation committed purposefully by Armenia.

Source: AZERTAC, Azerbaijan State News Agency

It is planned to build and put into operation a total of 5,678 houses – 3,352 individual residential houses and 2,326 apartments – in the Fuzuli district by 2026 in the direction of ensuring the return of the population and integration into the territories, the First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture, Namig Hummatov said, APA reports.

According to him, 399 houses will be built in 2023, 447 in 2024, 2317 in 2025, and 2515 in 2026. The first population (2904 people) will be relocated to 846-apartment residential complex built by MIDA in 2024: “In total, 21,593 people are planned to be relocated to the houses to be built, including 8,009 people to the city of Fuzuli”.

Additionally, projecting works of the Vocational High School, the Central Hospital, the Central Park, and the administrative building in Fuzuli district are being rapidly continued.

Source: Azeri-Press News Agency (APNA)