Day: February 11, 2022

11 February 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Kingdom of Spain.

During the past 30 years, strong friendly relations based on dialogue and mutual understanding, that forged between Azerbaijan and Spain, are strengthening. Cooperation between the two countries encompasses the political, economic, cultural, tourism, humanitarian, sports and others fields.

Azerbaijan and Spain guided by the norms and principles of international law support and respect each other’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and inviolability of their internationally recognised borders.

High level political dialogue and cooperation within the international organizations give further impetus to development of our relations.

Steps taken towards deepening of the relations in economy, tourism, culture and other fields, expansion of legal-treaty base open up new prospects for the promotion of cooperation between our countries. High-level relations between the parliaments of the two countries make a significant contribution to the development of cooperation between our countries.

We extend our sincere congratulations to the Government and People of Spain on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Spain and remain assured that mutually beneficial cooperation between our countries will further continue to develop successfully.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan

“I wonder what was the reason that Armenia waited for 30 years to provide any information about the 4,000 Azerbaijanis missing in the first Armenia-Azerbaijan war? The Armenian government has not yet made any statement in this regard,” said spokesperson for Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Leyla Abdullayeva as she responded to media’s question regarding the Armenian Prime Minister’s statement on the return of the remains of Azerbaijani missing persons.

“But certainly, the discovery of mass graves of Azerbaijanis in our liberated territories and the presentation of the evidences to the international community is among the reasons of the return of the remains of 108 out of the thousands of Azerbaijanis missing after 30 years.

We would like to remind that immediately after the 44-day war, Azerbaijan, without waiting for the reciprocity of the Armenian side and while Armenia did not provide any information about thousands of Azerbaijanis who were missing in the first Armenia-Azerbaijan war, handed over more than 1700 bodies of Armenian soldiers to the opposite side, based on the principles of humanism.

We would like to note that the Azerbaijani side keeps the issue of missing persons on the agenda as a matter of priority, and will not allow the Armenian side, which is directly responsible in this matter, to keep silence for another 30 years about the fate of more than 3,700 Azerbaijanis who went missing, as well as the places of mass graves,” Leyla Abdullayeva said.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Latif Gandilov has met with this country`s Interior Minister Ulan Niyazbekov.

The minister congratulated the ambassador on his appointment and stressed the importance of developing security relations with Azerbaijan.

He noted that nowadays, the criminal world makes use of global opportunities of information technology. “The threat of terrorism and extremism in the Central Asian region becomes topical against the background of the developments taking place in recent years. In this regard, one of the priorities of the law enforcement agencies of the country is the prevention of extremism and terrorism, the formation of the joint efforts and strengthening the interaction of law enforcement authorities in the fight against them”.

The ambassador stressed the importance of exchanging security experience between the two countries in order to respond to modern challenges.

Ambassador Gandilov expressed confidence that the joint cooperation in the field of security would be beneficial for strengthening current ties.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency

On February 11, from 08:50 to 09:00, the Armenian armed forces units from the positions in the Yukhari Shorzha settlement of the Basarkechar region, with no reason, using small arms subjected to fire the Azerbaijan Army positions in the Zeylik settlement of Kalbajar district, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC.

“As a result of the retaliatory measures taken by the Azerbaijan Army units, the opposing side was suppressed. There are no losses among the military personnel and equipment of the Azerbaijan Army.

Currently, the situation in this direction is stable, the Azerbaijan Army units control the operational situation”, the ministry said.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency