Monday, January 20th, 2020
Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs makes statement on 20 January tragedy
Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a statement on the 20 January tragedy. “On the night of January 19 to 20, 1990, by order of the USSR leadership, 26,000 soviet troops were deployed to launch an operation called “Strike” (Udar) in Baku and Sumgait, as well as other cities of Azerbaijan. As a result of this military intervention, 147 civilians were killed and 744 were seriously injured. This event went down in the history of modern Azerbaijan as “Black January,” the ministry said. “On January 19, 1990, the ChairmanRead More
Pakistan delegation in Beijing for important FATF meeting
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani delegation, which will brief the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Working Group, arrived in Beijing on Sunday for talks regarding the country’s performance. The talks with the global money laundering watchdog are scheduled to begin from January 21. Sources privy to the development believe that a voting might be held to remove Pakistan from the ‘grey list’, according to the publication. “If Pakistan does not come out of the ‘grey list’, it is expected to win a ‘largely-compliant’ rating from the FATF regarding implementation of 27 recommendationsRead More