Russia & CIS

“The Azerbaijani delegation that President Ilham Aliyev will lead to Iran tomorrow includes a number of ministers and during the visit economic, political, and energy issues will be discussed,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Hossein Jaber Ansari said in a statement to APA during the weekly press conference.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Monday that a military ground operation in Syria by Turkey and Saudi Arabia is not on the agenda and any such move would need to involve all countries in the U.S.-led coalition against Daesh.

The 2015 report by Azerbaijan’s Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) has been submitted to the Milli Mejlis (parliament).

Azerbaijan’s law-enforcement authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for another businessman.

Traffic will be restricted in some streets and avenues of Baku due to the events to be held on occasion of anniversary of Khojaly genocide.

Armenian armed units violated ceasefire with Azerbaijan 122 times on various parts of the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenia troops in one day, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Feb.22.

10 cooperation agreements between Azerbaijan and Iran are expected to be fully agreed tomorrow, Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, co-chairman of the intergovernmental commission Mahmoud Vaezi told APA.

Azerbaijan has been elected a member of Erasmus Student Network at a meeting of the organization`s Council of National Representatives in Jyvaskyla, Finland.

Nigeria backed Saudi Arabia and Russia in freezing oil production while giving Iran and Iraq a way out to regain some of their lost market share due to sanctions and war, Bloomberg reports.

Ex-President of Georgia, now head of the Odessa Regional State Administration Mikheil Saakashvili accused Georgian billionaire and former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili of a lie.

Facebook has created a new “social VR” team, led by two video gaming executives, ahead of the launch of its Oculus Rift headset next month, ft.com reports.

Azerbaijani diaspora activists have held a rally outside Armenia`s Embassy in Stockholm to commemorate the 24th anniversary of Khojaly Genocide, when the Armenian armed forced killed innocent Azerbaijani civilians.

Azerbaijani athlete Oleg Stepko has won a gold medal in the parallel bars event in the FIG World Artistic Gymnastics Challenge Cup in Baku.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Tehran on Sunday where he will meet his Iranian counterpart Hossein Dehghan and other high-ranking officials, a source in the Russian Embassy in Tehran told Sputnik.

President of the European Council, Donald Tusk has phoned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to express the EU’s support for Ankara against terrorism, the Turkish Presidency announced late Saturday.

Azerbaijan Britain Students Network has organized a march in London to commemorate the 24th anniversary of Khojaly Genocide, which was committed by Armenia’s armed forces against the Azerbaijani civilians in 1992, AzerTag reports.

The date of Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev's visit to Iran has been made public.

Baku has hosted the first workshop on tourism in Italy, AzerTag reports.

Russian Federtion is сonserned with agricultural exports` rise with China and Southeast Asia, Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said Sunday.

According to district’s press service, a special detachment of Russia's Southern Military District motor rifle brigades conducted tactical drills to eliminate a simulated illegal armed group.