Russia & CIS

Azerbaijan and NATO held a meeting in 291 format in Brussels to discuss the document of the Planning and Review Process PARP the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported

The City of Albuquerque of the US State of New Mexico proclaimed May 28 2019 as Azerbaijan National Day in the city the Azerbaijani Consulate General in Los Angeles told NewsAz

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Radek Vondracek

The use of financial technologies will be expanded in Azerbaijan reads the relevant memorandum signed at the Financial Technology FINTEX Summit which is being held on the topic New trends in banking and the payment ecosystem innovative solutions financial technologies and security in Baku on May 16 Trend reports

The Azerbaijani lowcost airline Buta Airways has launched direct BakuOdessa flights from May 16 Trend reports

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has left for the Republic of France on a working visit Trend reports referring to Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order regarding measures to continue the construction of GubaGonagkend road in Guba district

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 25 times using heavy machine guns the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on May 16

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulation to Stevo Pendarovski as he was elected President of the Republic of North Macedonia

An Azerbaijani delegation has attended the 70th meeting of the Council on Railway Transport of the Commonwealth Member States and Baltic States held in the Finnish capital of Helsinki The delegation was led by chairman of Azerbaijan Railways Javid Gurbanov AZERTAC reports

At least 10 people were wounded in a grenade explosion in the northeastern Indian state of Assam on Wednesday but no militant group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack police said Reuters reports

The largescale operationaltactical exercises involving various types of troops army corps and formations of the Azerbaijani Army will be held on May 2024 under the leadership of Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov according to the plan approved by Azerbaijani President Supreme CommanderinChief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev the Defense Ministry reported

Azerbaijani grandmasters Shahriyar Mammadyarov and Teymur Rajabov will contest medals at the first tournament of 2019 FIDE Grand Prix Series to be held in Moscow on May 1730

The 9th International Exhibition of Arms Military Machinery MILEX2019 opened in Minsk Belarus the Defense Industry Ministry of Azerbaijan reported Wednesday

It is planned to launch market test for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline TAP which envisages transportation of Azerbaijani gas to Europe this summer Trend reports citing Marija Savova Head of Commercial at TAP AG

Turkey is making active efforts for the resolution of the NagornoKarabakh conflict said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu according to local media

On May 15 President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a phone call to President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev according the press service of the Azerbaijani president

Azerbaijani Defense Minister ColonelGeneral Zakir Hasanov met with the deputy commanders of military units involved in ideological work moral and psychological support as well as military psychologists at the Educational Center of the countrys Armed Forces the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday

The Government of Azerbaijan has created and will continue to create conditions for the development of the private sector in the country Ali Ahmadov Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan and Deputy Chairman and Executive Secretary of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party YAP said at an event titled The Role of the Private Sector for Implementing Sustainable Development in Baku Trend reports

Azerbaijan and Georgia have discussed the delimitation of the state border as Azerbaijans Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov met with Georgian counterpart Lasha Darsalia in Baku Representatives from the relevant state bodies also took part in the meeting Azerbaijans Foreign Ministry said