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March 16, 2013 19:26
Opposition party names its candidate for Azerbaijan president
BAKU. March 16 (Interfax) - The opposition Umid (Hope) party had nominated its leader, parliament deputy Iqbal Agazade, as its candidate for president of Azerbaijan, the country's ANS television said.
The nomination was made at a meeting of Umid's governing body on Saturday.
The presidential election is set for October 16.
Earlier, ruling party Yeni Azerbaycan (New Azerbaijan) announced that incumbent President Ilham Aliyev would be its candidate.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has given an interview to Interfax ahead of his visit to Russia on May 16-19 in which he speaks about the goals of his visit, pressing tasks that the UN face, the organization‘s reform, as well as topical issues on the international agenda, including situation in Syria and the Middle East settlement.
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