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Fikrat Amirov’s ballet “One Thousand and One Nights” will be staged in Russia. The ballet will be staged at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theater to mark the composer’s centennial anniversary. The Russian audience will be able to enjoy one of the most popular Middle Eastern folk tale on January 18, 22 and …

Iran and Azerbaijan have great cooperation on joint use of border rivers, Adviser on International Affairs to the Iranian Energy Minister Mohammad Ali Farahnakian told Trend. The official noted that joint cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan on the use of border rivers has been going on for more than 50 years …

Azerbaijan`s Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has sent letters of condolences to Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, and Chief of the General Staff, Army General Yasar Guler, the Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. The letters say: “I am deeply saddened by the news of 3 servicemen of …

Chovgan is an Azerbaijani traditional horse-riding game played on a flat, grassy field by two competing teams of players mounted on Karabakh horses. A forerunner to polo, it involves 2 teams of 5 players in national dress riding Karabakh horses who compete to knock a small leather ball through the …

According to the combat training plan for 2022, the Azerbaijani Army conducts training-methodological sessions with the participation of commanders and the deputy commanders of battalions and divisions, the Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. “The sessions evaluate the knowledge and skills of the officers, their physical fitness, as well as, improve theoretical …

“Azerbaijan’s state energy firm SOCAR aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions in early 2022 in extracting oil and gas at its own sites,” SOCAR Vice President on environmental affairs Rafiga Huseynzade told Reuters. “We have been working on that from 2010 within the framework of the World Bank’s Global …

Israeli “i24 News” TV channel has broadcast a program highlighting a genuine friendship between the Jewish and Azerbaijani peoples. Speaking at the program, President of the US-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding Rabbi Marc Schneier emphasized that Azerbaijan, which hosts the largest Jewish community among the Muslim countries, is a model …