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Azerbaijan’s Aliyev re-elected as president for a fifth consecutive term

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Baku, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev secured a fifth consecutive term in office after obtaining more than 90 % of the votes official results showed.

AFP quoted Mazahir Panahov, Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC), as saying during a press conference ‘The people of Azerbaijan elected Ilham Aliyev as president of the country,’ noting that the voter turnout reached 67.7%.

Following the election result, thousands of the president’s supporters took to the streets of Baku Capital city, to celebrate this victory.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

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