Russia & CIS

The US and Azerbaijan have a strong partnership Trend reports citing the new US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Lee Litzenberger

Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Novruz Mammadov has hailed the relationship between Turkey and Azerbaijan as an excellent example to the entire world as he met with Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Mustafa Sentop AzerTag reports

BP plans to drill six wells in Azerbaijan within the next two years BP Regional President for Azerbaijan Georgia and Turkey Gary Jones told at a meeting on the results of 2018 and plans 2019 Trend reports

I2B From Idea to Business project launched in 2018 with the aim to support the expansion of the startup movement and implementation of citizens innovative ideas continues its successful operation

The desire by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to change the format of the negotiations on the settlement of the ArmeniaAzerbaijan NagornoKarabakh conflict may be considered as an attempt to undermine the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group and in particular its cochairs represented by Russia the US and France spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva told Trend March 6

The RashtQazvin railroad has been commissioned in Irans northern Gilan Province with the participation of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Trend reports referring to Islamic Republic of Iran News Network IRINN

Two Azerbaijani GrecoRoman wrestlers Islambek Dadov 72kg and Arif Niftullayev 97kg will vie for bronze medals at the U23 Senior European Championships in Novi Sad Serbia AZERTAC reported

Turkey is interested in the settlement of the ArmeniaAzerbaijan NagornoKarabakh conflict Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said

Baku is hosting a seminar on the subject of Air Operations with the participation of the Helicopters aimed at the preparation of a pair of Mi17 helicopters of the Air Forces of Azerbaijan declared into the OCC Pool of Forces to a 1st level NATO evaluation NEL1 the Defense Ministry reported Wednesday

Azerbaijans labor market will significantly expand in the coming years Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Azerbaijan Sahil Babayev said Trend reports

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili stated that the cooperation between her country and NATO is not directed against Russia or any other country she said at a plenary session of the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi on Wednesday in her annual report on the situation in the country televised live by the Georgian Public Broadcasting TASS reported

Azerbaijan and Iran have successful energy projects Azerbaijani Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev said after a meeting with Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian Trend reports referring to the website of Iranian Energy Ministry

At least 16 people were killed in a suicide attack early Wednesday on a construction company in eastern Afghanistan an official said the latest bloody assault in the wartorn country AFP reported

The newlyappointed US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Lee Litzenberger is expected to arrive in Baku soon

The RashtAstara railway will be built in Iran with help from Azerbaijan Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in his address to a crowd in Irans northern Gilan Province Trend reports referring to Islamic Republic of Iran News Network IRINN

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar

Armenias National Security Service NSS has permitted Aleksandr Sargsyan the brother of former president Serzh Sargsyan to leave the country for some time

Books and maps distorting Azerbaijans territorial integrity were displayed at an exhibition organized at the Estonian National Library by the Armenian embassy a few days ago

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Mustafa Sentop