Russia & CIS

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov left Brussels to pay a working visit to Paris on May 14, Spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Hikmet Hajiyev said.

Neva Sadikoglu-Novaky , the Secretary General of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group in the Committee of the Regions (CoR), who illegally visited occupied Azerbaijani territories, sent an official letter to Azerbaijan's Embassy in Belgium asking not to be included to the list of foreign citizens who illegally visited the occupied territories, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said May 14.

Under the instruction of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, Defense Minister Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and the ministry’s leadership participated in the opening of several military facilities.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad.

"Launch of the Baku International Sea Trade Port proves that we have fulfilled all of our duties on transport infrastructure."

Neva Sadıkoğlu Novaky, Secretary General of Conservatives and Reformists Group sent a letter to Azerbaijan for non-inclusion his name into the “List of Foreign citizens illegally visited to occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan”.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov met with NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Apparturai within the framework of his working visit to Belgium.

During the first four months of 2018, Heydar Aliyev International Airport served over 1,239,000 passengers.

Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan has made a speech at the International Conference on the Victims of Ethnic and Religious Violence in the Middle East.

An international judo competition dedicated to the 95th anniversary of national leader Heydar Aliyev was held in Solikamsk, Russia.

The legitimate interests of each participant in the Iran nuclear deal are enshrined in the JCPOA and the parties need to cooperate in upholding them, the Russian top diplomat says.

Fiscal rules are in progress in Azerbaijan.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday discussed the U.S. withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the phone, APA reports quoting Anadolu.

More than 30 people have been killed in Kenya's Rift Valley after a dam burst its banks following weeks of torrential rain that also forced hundreds from their homes, officials said, Al Jazeera reported.

A painting exhibition dedicated to the 95th anniversary of national leader Heydar Aliyev has been held at the exhibition hall named after Bahruz Kangarli of the Union of Artists of the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan, AzerTag reports.

News.Az reprints from Vesti.Az an article headlined "Advice to Pashinyan: read what the world speaks about Karabakh" by Zaur Nurmammadov.

The Constitution adopted at the initiative of Heydar Aliyev in 1995 laid the foundation for building a rule of law and democratic society in Azerbaijan, first deputy chairman of the parliament, Ziyafet Asgarov said May 10 at a special session of the parliament dedicated to the 95th birth anniversary of great leader Heydar Aliyev.

The US Department of Treasury has blackballed six individuals allegedly associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and three affiliated business entities, just days after the US withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal, APA reports quoting Sputnik.

The fourth yard has been redeveloped under “Bizim həyət” project, AzerTag reports.

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has signed a decree on Thursday to dismiss Chief of Police Vladimir Gasparyan, news.am reports.