The number of countries which have condemned and rejected the fallacious "parliamentary elections" taking place in the Nagorno-Karabkh region is fast increasing - Palestine now joined the list, adding tits voice to the long list of criticism.

The rollout of the war-ending ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestine last month was impressive. With almost perfect synchronization, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced the end of the war on Gaza in a televised broadcast from his Ramallah headquarters, while Hamas leaders called on Palestinians in Gaza to take to the streets to celebrate their supposed victory.

Initiatives for assisting the Palestinian people have a great importance not only for the Palestinian people, but also for the whole Muslim world, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at an international conference for assistance to the Palestinian state in Baku on June 11.

Azerbaijani musicians Mehri Asadullayeva (kamancha) and Narmin Hasanova (Kanun) performed as part of the Dresden Symphony Orchestra in Palestine.

Azerbaijan stands for rapid restoration of peace in the Middle East and will continue to support Palestine.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become the first world leader to congratulate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the 193-nation UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine on Thursday, Reuters reported.

The UN General Assembly is poised to recognise Palestine as a "non-member observer state" on Thursday, a move that will strengthen the Palestinians legal basis for pursuing possible war-crimes prosecutions against Israeli troops and set up a showdown with the United States and Israel, The Independent newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Azerbaijan, as a member of the UN Security Council, treats the situation in Syria with a great sense of responsibility, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at the 39th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Djibouti, according to a statement posted on the Foreign Ministry's website on Friday.