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“President Ilham Aliyev’s initiative to convene a special session of the UN General Assembly in response to COVID-19 is one of the crucial steps taken by Azerbaijan in the fight against the coronavirus at the global level,” Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Hikmat …

President of the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation Gunay Afandiyeva has taken part as an honored guest in the video conference “Makhtumkuli and the Turkic world.” Co-organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Institute of Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi of the Azerbaijan …

The Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday reported 556 new novel coronavirus cases, making the total to 17,524. In a single day, seven people died, taking the death toll to 213, the Task Force said. “Azerbaijan conducted 6,645 tests for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing …

Turkey was Azerbaijan’s top export market in January-May this year, according to the State Customs Committee. Official statistics suggests that Turkey, Tunis and Malaysia were the largest export destinations of Azerbaijan among the OIC member states. The volume of export with Turkey made $1.249.6 billion, while it amounted to $142.6 …

Azerbaijan and the World Bank have signed a loan agreement on the “Employment Support Project”, which provides for cooperation to boost the self-employment program in the country. The preparation and signing of this socio-economic project is the result of the agreement reached between President Ilham Aliyev and World Bank Executive …

Czech Republic and Azerbaijan are going to hold economic consultations, Martina Tauberova, deputy Minister for EU and international trade at Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade told Trend. “Economic relations of the entire world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Czech-Azerbaijani economic relations were not exceptional in the …

Azerbaijan has detected 534 new COVID-19 cases, 307 patients have recovered and five patients have died, Trend reports on June 28 citing the Operational Headquarters under Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers. To date, 16,424 cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in the country, 9,026 patients have recovered, 198 people have died. …