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News in brief Difficult path of Azerbaijan in u Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said 1.3 democracy building The moment a Belarusian dissident knew his time was up million vaccines from China had TOP arrived in the South American country, which is poised to start a hours in . vaccination campaign in the coming says it was Another exhausted passenger, Europeans threaten to limit Belarus air traffic TWEETS4 days. The announcement comes as • speaking to reporters without Venezuela, mired in an economic crisis, acting in response to giving her name, said Protase- experiences a second wave of COVID-19 Venezuela a on the vich looked “super scared”. cases amid a weak healthcare system and SHAHIN ABDULLAYEV flight, although this “I looked directly into his eyes uropean leaders threat- 01 slow vaccination rollout. “One million 300 receives 1.3 turned out to be false. and he was very sad,” she said. Eened to limit internation- thousand new vaccines have arrived for n May 28, 1918, the first democratic parliamentary re- Belarusian authorities had di- al air traffic over Belarus and Venezuelans direct from China, one million million COVID-19 public in the Muslim World – Azerbaijan Democratic It said on Monday its verted the flight as it passed over possibly target its ground 300 thousand, the arrival of vaccines is vaccines from oRepublic (ADR) – was proclaimed. According to the form ground controllers the country because of a suspect- transport as well, after a Rya- climbing,” said the president in a live China: Maduro of its governance, the ADR was built on the classical model of a had given guidance to ed bomb alert, state news agency nair plane was forced to land broadcast on state TV Sunday evening. parliamentary republic on the basis of political pluralism and the flight but had not BelTA said. The alert later turned in an incident denounced by u The UN chief on Monday declared the world “at war” multi-party system. out to be false. Western countries as “state This [#COVID19] pan- Guided by the principles of people power and equality from ordered it to land. piracy”. demic is not yet beaten against Covid-19, as India’s death toll crossed 300,000 and Japan ‘STANDING ALONE’ “ opened its first mass vaccination centres -- just two months before the start of the very first days of its existence, ADR eliminated racial, ethnic, Western leaders reached nor will it be the last of the Olympics. and religious and class inequalities by granting all citizens of the State media said the Protasevich, 26 was imme- for the strongest language to its kind. New diseases UN chief country the same rights. For the first time in the East and long decision• to intervene diately separated on arrival in condemn Sunday’s incident, Mantas, a Lithuanian passenger of flight FR4978, speaks to the will break out again & declares Secretary-General Antonio media after arriving at Airport, Guterres urged governments before some of Western Democracies, women were granted had been ordered Minsk and checks of luggage in which a Belarusian war- again in the future. The ‘war’ on the right to vote in 1918. The fundamental steps taken in the using sniffer dogs turned up plane intercepted a flight be- priority must be to ena- to apply wartime logic to stark personally by President Covid field of democratic state building, economy, culture, education nothing. tween and Lithuania Banning the Belarusian state eral rounds of financial sanc- ble the world to respond inequalities in the response to the pandemic, warning the left indelible mark on the history of the people of Azerbaijan. “We saw that Roman was and forced it down in Minsk, carrier from Euro - tions against Minsk last year, to pandemic threats as crisis was far from over despite rapidly advancing vaccination rollouts in wealthy On January 11, 1920, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic stopped due to some things in where a dissident journalist pean airport was also being which had no effect on the rapidly as possible.” - parts of the world. “Unless we act now, we face a situation in which rich countries was de facto recognized by the Paris Peace Conference. The Belarus lies on the the luggage,” Mantas said, add- was arrested. discussed, as were ground behaviour of long-serving German Chancellor An- vaccinate the majority of their people and open their economies, while the Azerbaijani parliament adopted a law on establishment of flight• path of some ing that the other passengers Countries called for the re- transport links. leader Lukashenko, a close gela Merkel at #WHA74 virus continues to cause deep suffering by circling and mutating in the poorest diplomatic missions in the , France, Italy, the important north-south also had their luggage checked lease of 26-year-old Roman Still, the options for West- Russian ally who withstood @WHO countries,” he said. , Switzerland, Poland, Germany and Russia. and were taken by bus to the Protasevich, whose social ern retaliation appear limit- mass demonstrations against Despite the fall of state due to Soviet invasion on April 28, routes in Europe Opposition blogger and activist , who is accused of terminal where they spent sev- media feed from exile has ed. The Montreal-based ICAO his rule after a disputed elec- u Russia’s 1920, the national idea and craving for the nationhood survived. as well as east-west participating in an unsanctioned protest at the Kuropaty preserve, arrives for a eral hours waiting to reboard been one of the last remain- has no regulatory power, and tion. 02 foreign minister Russia court hearing in Minsk, Belarus warns The short but glorious destiny of the ADR has left a deep trace routes between the plane. ing independent outlets for the EU has no authority over The head of the foreign af- yesterday warned on self-consciousness of the people of Azerbaijan. Its ideas and is less than 200 km (125 miles) “We saw from the window news about the country since flights taking off and land- fairs committee in the British Turkey against what over ties with legacy have shaped the historical and spiritual foundations of Europe and Asia. from Vilnius. The diversion that Roman is standing alone, a mass crackdown on dissent ing in Belarus or flying over parliament, Tom Tugendhat, he said were attempts the modern Azerbaijan that after regaining its independence on would take minutes. and one policeman with dog was last year. its air space, apart from di- noting that the flight was be- to fuel “militaristic October 18, 1991 declared 28 May as the Republic Day. Reuters “When it was announced they trying to find something (in his “This was effectively avia- rect flights that originate or tween two members of both sentiment” in Ukraine after Ankara moved to boost cooperation with . Turkish But after restoration of its independence, the political crisis, were going to land in Minsk, luggage).” tion piracy, state sponsored,” land in Europe. Belarus has EU and the NATO military al- President Tayyip Erdogan last month pledged support to Kyiv amid a buildup emergence of separatist tendencies in different regions, and yanair Flight 4978 had Roman stood up, opened the lug- Another passenger, who also said Ireland’s Foreign Min- shrugged off previous rounds liance, said: “If it’s not an act of Russian forces along its border with Ukraine. Erdogan said at the time that KNOW WHAT severe socio-economic situation put the Azerbaijan face-to- already begun its descent gage compartment, took luggage did not give his name, told Lith- ister Simon Coveney, using of EU and U.S. financial sanc- of war, it’s certainly a warlike he @WHO#BioHub Turkey, a NATO member, and Ukraine had launched a platform with their foreign face with a threat of civil war. The into the Lithuanian cap- and was trying to split things,” uanian media that Protasevich language that was echoed by tions. act.” System will offer a re- and defence ministers to discuss defence industry cooperation, but added that R T situation was further exacerbated ital when the pilot announced said a Lithuanian passenger, who had identified himself to Bela- a number of other countries. Ahead of a scheduled meet- Ryanair boss Michael liable, safe and transpar- this was “not in any way a move against third countries”. The Baku-Tbilisi- by Armenia`s aggression and occu- that the plane would be suddenly gave his name only as Mantas. Alexander Lukashenko is a rusian security officials on ar- Swedish Foreign Minister ing of the 27 EU national lead- O’Leary, who referred to the ent mechanism for WHO u Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday voiced pation of 20 peents of Azerbaijan`s Jeyhan main export diverting to Minsk, capital of “I think he made a mistake. Belarusian politician who rival. “I saw how his passport Ann Linde said: “It is danger- ers in , Lithuanian incident as a state-sponsored Member States to volun- defiance as she made her first court appearance since being detained lands. oil pipeline is the neighbouring Belarus. There were plenty of people so has served as the first and was taken away. He took off his ous, reckless, and naturally Prime Minister Ingrida Simo- hijacking, said he believed se- tarily share novel biolog- in a coup, vowing her ousted political party would live on. Myanmar has been in And in such a fateful moment, There was no explanation. he could give the things to me mask and said: ‘I’m so-and-so the EU is going to act.” nyte said she would push with curity agents had been on the ical materials, without uproar since the February 1 putsch, with near-daily protests and a nationwide civil greatest success of current the Azerbaijani people trusted But one of the passengers or other passengers and not the since the establishment of and I’m the reason why all this The French presidency said partners to close the flight and had disembarked replacing or competing disobedience movement. More than 800 people have been killed by the military, their future to outstanding states- Aliyev’s oil strategy. aboard the Boeing 737 reacted girlfriend, who was also I think is going on.’” a request had been sent to the of Belarus to international in Minsk. That would mean with existing systems. according to a local monitoring group. The junta has threatened to dissolve her man Heydar Aliyev. Thanks to immediately, standing up from arrested.” the office on 20 July 1994. The called International Civil Aviation flights. She did not explain the operation had effectively @DrTedros Myanmar’s National League his continued efforts, far-sighted To ensure the export his seat, reaching into the over- Outside the plane - although [3] Prior to his political for Protasevich’s immediate re- Organization (ICAO) to sus- how this would be achieved. been coordinated with spies Suu Kyi defiant in for Democracy and wise diplomacy to resolve the of Azerbaijani gas to head locker, pulling a laptop not visible to Mantas - was a career, Lukashenko worked lease, with the head of the EU’s pend international overflights The EU and the United operating on the ground in 03 -- which swept Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the computer from his hand luggage Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jet, as director of a state farm executive European Commis- over Belarusian air space. States already imposed sev- Greece. first comments elections in western markets, the since coup ceasefire agreement that signed and passing it to a female com- on orders from Belarusian Pres- (sovkhoz), and served in the sion and the Polish prime min- 2020 -- over in 1994 prevented the occupation construction of Baku- panion along with his mobile ident Alexander Lukashenko to Soviet Border Troops and in ister describing the incident as alleged voter fraud. The Nobel laureate of other territories and loss of the Tbilisi-Erzurum phone. force the plane to Minsk. a hijacking. await takeoff. journey than when it took off Nauseda told a news conference -- who has not been seen in public since the coup -- sounded “healthy and fully independence of Azerbaijan. Since Belarusian dissident journal- Mantas was speaking to Reu- the Soviet Army. The other passengers looked He said he could not be sure if from Athens. late on Sunday that Protasevich’s confident” during the 30-minute meeting, her lawyer Min Min Soe said. then the modern army building gas pipeline was ist Roman Protasevich, who is ters after a day-long ordeal that weary on arrival in Vilnius, with Protasevich’s companion, who “It means that more than one female companion had also not process that started under the lead- constructed on the wanted in Belarus for his role began in Athens and finally Mantas saying they had spent took the laptop and phone, had person was (taken) out of the re-embarked the flight from COVID-1:9 Countries worst affected ership of Heydar Aliyev laid a solid in broadcasting huge opposi- ended late in the evening in the hours in queues for luggage and also been detained in Minsk, but plane - but (it’s) difficult to say Minsk to Vilnius. e’re introducing a foundation for the liberation of the initiative of Aliyev. tion protests in Minsk last year, Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, after passport checks in Minsk before there appeared to be more empty exactly.” Wfully digital border Country Total cases Total Azerbaijani occupied territories. did not have much time. Minsk a stopover of more than seven being allowed into a lounge to seats on the final Minsk-Vilnius Lithuanian President Gitanas system to make United deaths Global tally Restoration and richening of the Kingdom safer: Making statehood traditions of Azerbaijan it easier to ban serious & 1 USA 33,896,752 604,089 in late XX century, strengthening dangerous foreign crim- inals with a US-style ETA, 2 India 26,799,070 304,338 167,653,596 of independence of Azerbaijan and making it eternal and firm, assur- Making the system easier 3 Brazil 16,083,573 449,185 Deaths ance of the country’s dynamic economic development, rapid to navigate for business- growth of its international prestige was guaranteed under the es, and Allowing us to 4 France 5,603,666 108,596 leadership of Heydar Aliyev. count people in & out of 5 Turkey 5,186,487 46,268 3,480,642 In order to turn a young independent Azerbaijan into a mod- the UK for the 1st time ern, powerful state with sustainable economic development, A Ryanair aircraft, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and diverted to Belarus, where authorities detained him, lands at in Vilnius, Lithuania @pritipatel 6 Russia 5,009,911 118,801 Recovered: national leader Heydar Aliyev determined the oil strategy, 7 UK 4,462,538 127,721 which would lie at the heart of fundamental transformation 04 8 Italy 4,192,183 125,225 148,687,724 of the future political and economic reforms. The new oil strategy ensured the involvement of foreign investors in the 9 Germany 3,657,956 88,013 New cases development of Azerbaijan’s oil fields, diversification of routes George Floyd’s family marches to Japan’s Osaka city crumples under COVID onslaught 10 Spain 3,636,453 79,620 of transportation of crude oil, effective management of oil rev- Reuters enues and Azerbaijan`s entry into a new stage of development. ness have led to this explosive 11 Argentina 3,539,484 74,063 +135,970 Under the leadership of national leader Heydar Aliyev, one of mark first anniversary of his death growth in the number of pa - the landmark agreements in Azerbaijan`s 20th-century history ospitals in Japan’s second tients.” 12 Colombia 3,232,456 84,724 New deaths Reuters was signed. The Agreement on the Joint Development and Pro- Hlargest city of Osaka are Japan has avoided the large 13 Poland 2,866,181 72,945 duction Sharing for the Azeri and Chirag Fields and the Deep buckling under a huge wave infections suffered by other na- he UK is alarmed by 14 Iran 2,843,523 78,848 +2,387 Water Portion of the Gunashli Field in the Azerbaijan Sector elatives of George Floyd, of new coronavirus infections, tions, but the fourth pandemic Treports of the arrest of the Caspian Sea was signed on September 20, 1994. Due to Rthe African-American running out of beds and ven- wave took Osaka prefecture by of @nexta_tv journalist Figures as of closing its political, economic and strategic importance, the agreement whose death triggered protests tilators as exhausted doctors storm, with 3,849 new positive Roman Protasevich & Middle East was dubbed “the Contract of the Century”. The agreement against racism and police bru- warn of a “system collapse”, tests in the week to Thursday. circumstances that led Country Total new Total New Total Active provided a basis for Azerbaijan`s oil strategy, opened up new tality across the United States and advise against holding the That represents a more than to his flight being forced cases cases deaths Deaths recovered cases prospects for the country and transformed it into a major global and around the world, gathered Olympics this summer. fivefold jump over the corre- to land in Minsk. We are energy supplier. on Sunday in a rally to mark the Japan’s western region home sponding period three months coordinating with our People march during the “One Year, What’s Changed?” rally hosted by the Exploitation of the 1996 Baku-Novorossiysk and 1999 Ba- first anniversary of his death. to 9 million people is suffering ago. allies. This outlandish Egypt 253,835 14,721 186,678 52,436 George Floyd Global Memorial to commemorate the first anniversary of his ku-Supsa pipelines, the signing of the agreement on con - Floyd died after a Minneap- death, in Minneapolis, Minnesota the brunt of the fourth wave of Just 14% of the prefecture’s action by Lukashenko Saudi 442,071 +1,157 7,264 +15 425,677 9,130 struction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Jeyhan main export oil pipeline olis police officer knelt on his the pandemic, accounting for a 13,770 COVID-19 patients have will have serious impli- Arabia and diversification of export routes were achieved to export neck for more than eight min- him. Chauvin and three other day and marched with hun - third of the nation’s death toll in been hospitalised, leaving the cations. Azerbaijani oil to the world market. utes on May 25 last year. His dy- former Minneapolis police of- dreds of people in the first of May, although it constitutes just Satsuki Nakayama, director of the nursing department at Osaka Medical and majority to fend for them - @DominicRaab UAE 557,619 +1,512 1,654 +3 537,531 18,434 The Baku-Tbilisi-Jeyhan main export oil pipeline is the ing words, “I can’t breathe,” be- ficers faced federal civil rights several events planned nation- 7% of its population. Pharmaceutical University Hospital, works with her colleague in the operation selves. Tokyo’s latest hospital- wing of the hospital Kuwait 299,215 1,734 285,118 12,363 greatest success of Aliyev’s oil strategy. To ensure the export came a rallying cry in a wave of charges for their role in the wide to mark the anniversary The speed at which Osaka’s isation rate, in comparison, is of Azerbaijani gas to western markets, the construction of street demonstrations against arrest and murder of Floyd, of his death. healthcare system was over- 37%. Disclaimer: (Views expressed Oman 211,221 +857 2,274 +9 195,435 13,512 Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline was constructed on the his killing. according to court documents Many people in the crowd whelmed underscores the chal- half of Japan’s medical staff Tohda, the director of Kindai A government advisory panel by columnists are personal and initiative of Aliyev. Derek Chauvin, a white for- unsealed this month. carried signs with pictures of lenges of hosting a major global have completed inoculations. University Hospital in Osaka. sees rates of less than 25% as a need not necessarily reflect our Qatar 215,742 +299 547 +3 211,296 3,899 (See this space tomorrow for part 2 of this article by Azerbaijan’s mer Minneapolis policeman, Floyd’s family took to the Floyd and other Black people sports event in two months’ “Simply put, this is a collapse “The highly infectious Brit- trigger to consider imposition of editorial stances) Ambassador to Saudi Arabia) was found guilty of murdering streets of Minneapolis on Sun- killed by police. time, particularly as only about of the medical system,” said Yuji ish variant and slipping alert- a state of emergency.