January 1 - 15, 2012
Alirza Bigdeli, Iranian deputy foreign minister and former ambassador to Baku, says that “one of the strategic directions of the policy of Iran is the development of relations with Azerbaijan” (http://news.day.az/politics/308093.html).
Wilfried Martens, president of the European People’s Party, says that “Azerbaijan is an example of tolerance” to the world (http://news.day.az/politics/307921.html).
A group of Turkish citizens begins a campaign to have the Grand National Assembly adopt a law recognizing the Hojaly genocide and making it a criminal offense to recognize “the so-called ‘Armenian genocide’” (http://news.day.az/politics/307944.html).
