I spent a week mingling with delegates from 90 nations at the 6th International Humanitarian Forumin Baku, Azerbaijan. Including me, three were from San Diego — a writer, lawyer and college professor. Being a student of cultural geography, I asked everyone I met where they were from.

Organized by the Institute of Caucasus Studies of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), a presentation of “The Gregorian Church as a tool of espionage against the Safavid state (17th – first quarter of the 18th centuries)” book by head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, academician Ramiz Mehdiyev has been held.

Azerbaijan’s trading house has opened in Dubai, the UAE.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Secretary General of the World Customs Organization Kunio Mikuriya.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has declared 2019 as a Year of Nasimi in the country as he chaired the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers dedicated to the results of socioeconomic development of 2018 and objectives for the future.

Azerbaijani Commissioner for Human Rights (ombudsman) Elmira Suleymanova has issued a statement on the 29th anniversary of the January 20 tragedy.