Health Minister Ali Ansanov and Economic Development Minister Farhad Aliyev were fired from their jobs last month. They face charges of helping exiled opposition leader Rasul Quliyev plot a coup on the eve of the 6 November parliamentary elections.
Aliyev said on 3 November at a government meeting that he has no doubts the two were funding the seizure of power in Azerbaijan.
(Reuters)
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