Azeri president sacks foreign minister over stance on Armenia fighting
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 03:33 | 16 July 2020
- Modified Date: 03:33 | 16 July 2020
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev sacked Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov on Thursday after criticising him for his stance over the fighting that broke out this week between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
According to the president's decree, former education minister Jeikhun Bayramov was appointed to the post.
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