Tag Archives: Azerbaijan and Italy

The Ambassador of Italy to Azerbaijan, Claudio Taffuri, recently spoke at a joint event to mark the launch of ADA University School of Agricultural and Food Sciences and World Food Day held in Baku. During his speech, Taffuri highlighted Italy’s potential to contribute to bringing technologies in the field of …

In April 2023, Azerbaijan exported 814 million 775 thousand cubic meters of natural gas to Italy compared to 473 million cubic meters in March, Azernews reports with reference to the statistical office of the European Union – Eurostat. Thus, this figure increased by 1.7 times compared to the previous month. At the …

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy of the Italian Republic Adolfo Urso, who attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a 1,280-MW thermal power plant, the largest in Azerbaijan’s independence period. Speaking at the meeting, President Ilham Aliyev said: – Welcome, …

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Italy Rashad Aslanov has presented his credentials to the country`s President Sergio Mattarella. Ambassador Aslanov conveyed President Ilham Aliyev`s greetings and best wishes to the Italian President. Rashad Aslanov noted that the high-level reciprocal visits carried out in recent years are very important in terms of strengthening …

Azerbaijan`s Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has met with a delegation led by Italian Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto. First, a solemn welcoming ceremony was held at the Ministry of Defense. The defense ministers of both countries passed along the guard of honor and the national anthems of …

Matteo Villa, Head of the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) DataLab, said that the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) saved Italy from deindustrialization, Azernews reports, referring to Trend. “For Italy, 2022 was an important year in terms of diversification. We have the TAP, which, in 2021, saved us all. We have …

Russian pianist Olga Domnina has performed a gala concert dedicated to Azerbaijan’s eminent composer, founder of the symphonic mugham genre Fikrat Amirov, Azernews reports. The concert took place in the Massimo Troisi Theater at the initiative of Amici della Musica Music Association Azerbaijani music astonished the Italian audience who excitedly …

Work on restoration, overhaul of the building purchased for the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Italy in the city of Rome (at Via Giovanni Battista De Rossi 27) has been completed, Trend reports. During his state visit to Italy in 2020, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva got acquainted …

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has spoken about the importance of Azerbaijan in providing Italy with natural gas, Azernews reports. He recalled that Italy signed new deals to increase gas supplies from different countries, including Algeria and Azerbaijan. Noting that last year, 40 percent of Italy’s imports were from Russia, …

Italy was Azerbaijan’s top export market in January-June of this year, according to the State Customs Committee. Official statistics suggests that Italy, Turkey and Israel were the largest export destinations of Azerbaijan in first six months of this year. The volume of export with Italy made $8.972 billion, while it …