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President Ilham Aliyev has described the mine clearance operations on Azerbaijani territories recently liberated from Armenian occupation as one of the priority tasks before the country. He made the remarks in a video format meeting with newly-appointed Chairman of the Board of the Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency Vugar Suleymanov on …

A Memorandum of Cooperation has been signed between the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation and the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Azerbaijan. The document was signed by the President of the Foundation Gunay Afandiyeva and the Ambassador of Lithuania to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan Egidius Navikas. The signing …

“In 2020, the Shah Deniz field produced around 18.1 billion standard cubic metres (bcm) of gas and 3.6 million tonnes (29 million barrels) of condensate in total from the Shah Deniz Alpha and Shah Deniz Bravo platforms,” BP Azerbaijan told AZERTAC According to BP Azerbaijan, the existing Shah Deniz facilities’ …

Attaching special attention to the further development of education in the country, Nar supports students and schoolchildren who continue their education through alternative channels during the pandemic. Thus, the mobile operator provides communication support to “Dərs vaxtı” TV program, a special project of the Ministry of Education of the Republic …

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR)’s subsidiary Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery has signed two Engineering, Procurement and Construction contracts with Tecnimont S.p.A. and KT-Kinetics Technology S.p.A., the subsidiaries of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A., as a part of the Modernization and Reconstruction of SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery in Baku, …

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Georgia Faig Guliyev has met with Mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze to discuss bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The sides hailed the development of strategic partnership and good neighborly relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia. They also exchanged views on intensifying cooperation between the Baku City Executive …

Baku has repatriated 272 Russian citizens stranded in Azerbaijan due to the coronavirus lockdown, to Russia, Russian media reported with reference to Dagestan’s acting minister for national policy and religious affairs Enrik Muslimov. On February 1, 272 Russian citizens  returned to their country through the Samur border checkpoint. It was noted that all repatriated citizens will …