The entire jury of the Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition resigned, organizers announced on Thursday, just a week after the panel declared it would not award prizes to artists from Russia or Israel.
Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, has met with Essam bin Saleh Al-Jutaili, Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
Canada recently denied entry to Iranian soccer officials for a FIFA conference just weeks before the World Cup. However, a senior government official suggested the refusal may have been unintentional, according to media reports on Thursday.
