Russia & CIS

Chairman of the State Security Service, lieutenant-general Madat Guliyev has today met with the delegation led by Interior Minister of Iran Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli who is on a visit in Azerbaijan, AzerTag reports.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will pay a working visit to Belgium.

An insurance event has occurred in Bank Standard, Executive Director of Azerbaijan Deposits Insurance Fund (ADIF) Azad Javadov said at the press conference.

The New York Times has published an article on staging of 'Layla and Majnun' in Berkeley city.

Courses of Armenian language will be organized at the Baku State University on October 15.

Kazakhstan and Russia have compiled a draft list of measures to expand mutual trade in 2016-2017.

Eldar Guliyev, Member of Azerbaijani Parliament, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) will visit Antalya, Turkey to attend the sessions of this Organization.

Azeri Light oil has grown by $0.43 or 0.86%.

The private transfers sent to Armenia from foreign countries turn out to have decreased by 18% or AMD 41 million (over US $85,000) in August.

On October 5, 2016, the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, in accordance with its mandate, plans to conduct the next ceasefire monitoring exercise on the LOC (Line Of Confrontation), in the vicinity of the village of Gulustan (Goranboy region).

Azerbaijan’s first lady Mehriban Aliyeva met with a delegation led by member of the National Assembly of the French Republic, president of the Association of Friends of Azerbaijan in France, Jean-Francois Mancel.

The U.S. supports a negotiated settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Russian President Putin signed a decree to suspend the agreement with the US about the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium because of Washington's unfriendly actions. Russia is finally ready to revise previous agreements with the United States. Russia has realised that it is capable of developing further with the help of its own resources

Russians have a positive assessment of the situation in the country, but remain worried about their future. International experts joined the statements from Russian and international observers about the openness of the elections. 65% of Russians did not know or were "slightly familiar" with what parties would be represented at the State Duma

Pope Francis arrived in the Catholic church in Baku as part of the official visit to Azerbaijan on October. 2.

Armenia’s armed forces have 12 times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours.

Pope Francis paid a one-day visit to Baku Oct. 2.

Amount of funds received by the Armed Forces Relief Fund to October 1, was announced.

Malena Mard: "Europe wants to see comprehensive peace agreement on Nagorno Karabakh conflict"