More pictures from Azerbaijan
Published:
December 16, 2014 at 8:03am
Muscat, wearing his overcoat indoors, worships at the foot of the Azerbaijan flag
In the presence of the dictator, Corruption Index’s ‘Person of the Year’ – PM’s spokesman, PM’s head of secretariat, PM and Konrad Mizzi. Look at Mizzi’s slumped, defeated and ‘take a back seat on this’ posture.
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What does the Coconut have in his case? Is it a Glock 17, a press release or is it some coconut balls?
His brains.
Who is the idiot with the umbrella in his hand?
The Glock-holding translator?
Umbrella-holder and bodyguard, pretty probably.
And Kurt Farrugia’s pursed lips.
And there is a lot of closed body language between the Prime Minister and Ilham Aliyev. Not much trust there, it seems, and it is reciprocal.
Second picture:
You can see that Konrat Mizzi was checking progress on the roadmap.
I would pay money to be in Ilham Aliyev’s brains in the moment captured here.
First picture:
The lady on the left is explaining the democratic principles which the Azerbaijani flag stands for under the rule of Ilham Aliyev, while Muscat listens attentively.
Konrad Mizzi looks like a …. never mind.
They all look like small-town hustlers faced with the big bosses.
The Maltese Trotter Bunch.
And look at the disdain and contempt on Aliyev’s face.
It must be really wert it. It certainly looks like a group of Maltese businessmen acquiring sole representation. Technocrats not necessary at this stage.
Ghajjien. he will need a long rest after this trip.
Photo 1, centre back: That’s Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Malta. Where’s Malta’s ambassador to Azerbaijan?
I know his expertise is in supplying billboards for free to the Labour Party, but he should have been there anyway.
There is a palpable uneasiness in these photos.
Am I missing something or is there something terribly fascinating about the flag? Joseph Muscat seems enthralled.
Heqq, what do you expect Konrad Mizzi to do?
His boss is taking the lead in this begging charade.
Poor us, with these morons dealing with this dictator. Only God knows what the price is that we’ll have to pay.
U l-Coconut se johrog il-lunch mill-baskett. Forsi xi banana, jew xi boqqa Red Bull biex irabbi l-wings.
The ultimate insult to your own country: looking up at someone else’s flag.
Our prime minister has been dragged through the ritual of staged pics to reinforce the myth that is Aliyev. If North Korea had any gas he’d do the same.
Someone commented: how does a government sign a deal with a commercial entity, reducing parliament to mere rubber stamp? I ask, what happens if Muscat didn’t.
He was clearly summoned under some ultimatum to refer every detail of the ‘agreement’ signed with the Chinese the previous day.
Electrogas was just a front to distract EU strategic interests. Aliyev is impatient, even because his ‘contract’ came first.
This explains the absolute lack of anyone other than this gang of four.
Second picture:
It’s lunchtime for Kurt, and, mmmm, let’s see what Mama has put in the lunchbox today.
And not a samovar in sight. They’re probably waiting for the serfs to depart.
Joseph is now in the ‘trust no one’ phase.
That is a sign of the beginning of the downfall. Long may this ‘trust no one’ phase last.
Yes, gentlemen, this is the new gas-producing flag that we shall be installing all over your beautiful island.
In a gentle breeze and moderate sunlight it can sustain at least a hundred households.
Looking very executive, especially with the sky-blue notebook.