Russia & CIS

The Parliamentary Conference on Regional Security and Cooperation and the founding conference of the Baku Parliamentary Platform for Dialogue and Cooperation have kicked off in Baku Trend reports

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva have attended the inauguration of Yanardag State HistoricalCultural and Natural Reserve after a major overhaul AzerTag reports

A threeday ITTI Conference and Exhibition of the World Customs Organization WCO has started its work in Baku Trend reports

The defense ministers of Azerbaijan Turkey and Georgia Zakir Hasanov Hulusi Akar and Levan Izoria respectively held a trilateral meeting in Azerbaijans Gabala city on June 12

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk Personal Representative of the OSCE ChairpersoninOffice according to Armenian media

Lionel Messi was the worlds highest paid athlete over the past year Forbes reported Tuesday in its annual sporting rich list

A fiveyearold boy is being treated for Ebola in Uganda the first case since a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo 10 months ago Health Minister Ruth Aceng said Tuesday AFP reports

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ratified the trilateral agreement with Azerbaijan and Georgia on defense cooperation according to the newspaper Resmi Gazete

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 18 times using heavy machine guns and mortars the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on June 12

The Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has approved the Master Plan of Guba City for development until 2036

Azerbaijans natural gas exports showed a 28 percent increase yearonyear rising from 8030 billion standard cubic meters in 2017 to 10276 billion standard cubic meters in 2018 Trend reports citing OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin

The Armenian Control Services inspectors have found abuses at the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi the press office of the service reports

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he received a very warm letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday calling the correspondence beautiful Trend reports citing Reuters

According to the travel agencies information the number of Azerbaijani citizens traveling abroad will increase this summer Nahid Bagirov chairman of the Azerbaijan Tourism Association AzTA told Trend on June 11

The meeting on the border delimitation between Azerbaijan and Georgia will be held in uncoordinated areas next week Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov told journalists in Baku APA reports

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is keen to further deepen relations with Azerbaijan said the president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly George Tsereteli as he met with Speaker of Azerbaijans Milli Majlis Ogtay Asadov AzerTag reports

A meeting dedicated to setting up a cooperative on pomegranate cultivation was held in Goychay district of Azerbaijan Trend reports referring to Azerbaijan Pomegranate Producers and Exporters Association

In connection with the failed deportation of Fuad Abbasov from the Russian Federation and his return to the temporary detention center in the town of Korolev Moscow Region we inform you that the consular section of the embassy daily contacts him Azerbaijani Embassy in Russia told APAs Moscow bureau

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has congratulated the President of the Federation of Russia Vladimir Putin on the occasion of Russia Day APA reports citing the Presidential press service

The Azerbaijani National Olympic Committee held a final meeting of the Coordination Commission dedicated to the preparatory work in connection with the 15th Summer European Youth Olympic Festival which will start in Baku on July 21 Trend reports with reference to the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the country