BAKU, JAN 14 – Azerbaijan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has received requests from about 2,000 local and foreign observers in connection with the upcoming snap parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, most of which have been positively processed, CEC Chairman Mazahir Panahov has told journalists.

NEW DELHI: India’s recently enacted citizenship law, which excludes Muslim and cherry-picks migrant communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh for naturalisation, is fuelling anxiety in China, The Hindu said on Monday in a report from Beijing.It said a Chinese official who did not wish to be named told The Hindu that Beijing apprehends that the law, if it alienates Muslims in India, could have repercussions in Xinjiang — a vast strategically important border region, which has faced separatist violence.

BAKU, – President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulations to Zoran Milanović as he was elected President of Croatia.“I am pleased with the present level of relations between Azerbaijan and Croatia. I believe the bilateral and multilateral cooperation between our countries will develop and broaden further in line with the interests of our peoples,” the head of state said in his letter.

BAKU, JAN 14 – An opening ceremony of the Independent Media Center “Seçki – 2020” of the Central Election Commission (CEC) set up for the parliamentary elections to be held on February 9 has today been held at Hilton Baku Hotel.Chairman of Central Election Commission Mazahir Panahov, CEC members attended the event, which was widely covered by the media.CEC chairman Mazahir Panahov familiarized himself with the conditions created at the Independent Media Center and gave his recommendations for giving local and international media free and easy access to information and providing better services to other participants of the election process.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 13 : Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Monday left here for Saudi Arabia on second leg of his two-nation tour after deciding a day-long official visit to Iran.At Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, the foreign minister was seen off by Iran’s Assistant Minister West Asia Muhammad Mousavi, Pakistan embassy’s representative Fawad Shabbir and senior officials.In Riyadh, Foreign Minister Qureshi will meet his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud and discuss regional developments.

BAKU, JAN 13  – President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received the Chairman of the Board of “ACWA Power” of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Abunayyan, and the Chief Executive Officer of “Masdar” of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi.Welcoming the guests, President Ilham Aliyev said: Welcome to Azerbaijan! I am very glad to see you. I would like to extend my congratulations to you on a very important Executive Agreement signed today with “ACWA Power” and “Masdar”, the leading companies in the energy sector, especially in the alternative energy sector.

Ehtasham Amir

“India’s military policy has drastically changed under the leadership of General Bipin Rawat, Narendra Modi and his national security adviser Ajit Doval”, this is how observes Vivashwan Singh, an Indian political activist. His anguish over the politicization of ‘apolitical’ Indian army is visible. India’s DailyO.com news portal, headlined on February 2018 “the fall from grace has been unabated for Indian army.”