Poland to train 400,000 in new military programme
Poland will roll out a new military training programme this month as part of a broader plan to train around 400,000 people in 2026, the Defence Minist...
A NATO delegation was received by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in the country's capital on Thursday (6 November) as well as with the deputy permanent representatives of the U.S. and France to the security alliance organisation, with talks focusing on global and regional issues.
The group included the permanent representatives of Türkiye, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Portugal, and Spain.
During the meeting, Turkish Permanent Representative to NATO Basat Öztürk referred to the long-standing cooperation between Azerbaijan and the alliance and to President Aliyev’s previous visits to NATO headquarters.
President Aliyev said the Azerbaijani Armed Forces had been working with the Turkish military to align with NATO standards and that modernisation would continue. He said the country had achieved its main objective of restoring territorial integrity and that defence reforms would remain a priority.
The President expressed appreciation for the delegation’s remarks on the recent discussions in Washington concerning the peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia. He said the outcomes created opportunities for further regional development.
President Aliyev said Azerbaijan’s cooperation with NATO extends to areas such as energy security and regional connectivity, in addition to previous participation in peacekeeping operations.
Azerbaijan has contributed to NATO’s activities by serving as a transport and logistics centre during the alliance’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan and has taken part in NATO programmes since 1994 under the Partnership for Peace framework.
The meeting concluded with an exchange of views on the prospects for further cooperation and on regional and global developments.
The Champions League match between Qarabağ FK and Chelsea ended 2–2 at the Tofig Bahramov Republican Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday (5 November).
Brussels airport, Belgium's busiest, reopened on Wednesday morning after drone sightings during the previous night had resulted in it being temporarily closed, although some flights remained disrupted, its website said.
A French court has postponed the trial of a suspect linked to the Louvre jewellery heist in a separate case, citing heavy media scrutiny and concerns about the fairness of the proceedings.
Russia remains in constant contact with Venezuela over tensions in the Caribbean, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
U.S. federal investigators have recovered the flight recorders from the wreckage of a UPS cargo plane that crashed and erupted in flames during takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least 12 people and halting airport operations.
Poland will roll out a new military training programme this month as part of a broader plan to train around 400,000 people in 2026, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
France's Louvre Museum began a security audit a decade ago but the recommended upgrades will not be completed until 2032, the state auditor said in a report on Thursday compiled before a spectacular heist there last month.
Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Thursday that it had "a legitimate right to resist (Israeli) occupation", adding that it would support the Lebanese army.
The driver who rammed his car into a crowd in western France on Wednesday is suspected of "self-radicalisation" and had "explicit religious references" at home, the country's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Thursday.
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