"It is with deep regret that we acknowledge that Mr. Peter Savaryn was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1987, and we express our sincere apology to Canadians for any distress or pain his appointment may have caused," the governor general says.

"If rabbis in the US and Europe continue to support the Aliyev regime, then we will burn synagogues in other countries" the warning says, referring to the territorial dispute with neighboring Azerbaijan.

Among the suggestions of Biden's fellow Democrats is that any agreement include "meaningful" provisions to preserve the option of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Mukhtar Mammadov, the first-ever ambassador to the Jewish state, claims that the recent operation in Nagorno-Karabakh was in self defense. "We had 10,000 illegal Armenian soldiers on our territory, would Israel have accepted that?" He also makes it clear Israel-Azerbaijan relations "not directed at Iran," although he calls on all parties to fulfill their commitments under the agreements with the IAEA.

An operation to apprehend wanted terrorists quickly escalated into a serious battle after explosive devices were hurled at the security forces. After the raid, terrorists fired at a civilian vehicle and were later hunted down and killed by forces.