Baku is hosting an international conference to discuss fluctuations in the level of the Caspian Sea, Azernews reports. The hybrid international conference on the topic “Caspian Sea level fluctuations, forecasting, and adaptation measures in the face of climate change” has been organized by the Azerbaijani Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry …
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Baku, Moscow discuss mutual trade, economic cooperation, media issues
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said that they discussed mutual trade, as well as economic cooperation with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov during the latter’s visit to Azerbaijan, Azernews reports. Bayramov made the remarks at a joint press conference with Lavrov on June 24 in Baku. “Azerbaijan has direct economic …
Read More »ASCO-initiated meeting highlights ensuring navigation safety in Azerbaijani sector of Caspian Sea
Representatives of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company, (ASCO), SOCAR, the State Agency for Maritime and Port Management, the Hydrographic Department of the Naval Forces and the Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC have held a meeting on ensuring navigation safety in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. During the meeting, …
Read More »Prosecutor generals of Caspian states sign declaration on Caspian Sea’s protection
The prosecutor generals of the five Caspian states – Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Russia – signed a declaration on cooperation in the protection of the Caspian Sea, Trend reports. The document was signed at a meeting of prosecutor generals of the states of the Caspian region, which was held on on …
Read More »SOCAR says blast in Caspian Sea caused by mud volcano eruption
The blast that occurred in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea on July 4 had been caused by mud volcano eruption in Dashli Island, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) reported today. “A mud volcano where natural combustion took place, has been found 30 km off the coast …
Read More »Azerbaijan, Russia hold consultations on Caspian Sea issues
Azerbaijan and Russia held the Baku-initiated consultations over issues related to the Caspian Sea on June 17, Trend reported. The deputy foreign minister and the Azerbaijani president’s special representative for the border and the Caspian Sea issues, Khalaf Khalafov, represented Azerbaijan at the consultations. Russia was represented by the Russian Foreign Ministry ambassador-at-large, the Russian …
Read More »Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan to jointly develop hydrocarbons in Caspian Sea
President Ilham Aliyev and Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov have met in a video conference over the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two governments on joint exploration and development of hydrocarbon resources in “Dostlug” field in the Caspian Sea, Azertag reported today. It should be noted that Azerbaijani Foreign …
Read More »Al Arabiya TV Channel airs program on Azerbaijan’s first direct gas deliveries to Europe
Al Arabiya TV Channel has broadcast a program highlighting Azerbaijan’s first direct gas deliveries to Europe from the Shah Deniz field in the Caspian Sea. The program, citing the statement by the Shah Deniz consortium led by British oil giant BP, said: “Gas from the field had arrived via the …
Read More »Commander of Navy Forces: “”Sea Cup” contest serves for strengthening peace on Caspian Sea”
“Based on the agreement between Ministries of Defense of Azerbaijan and Russia, it is 4 years now that the Sea Cup contest is held in Baku, at the premises of the Navy Forces”, said the commander of the Navy Forces (NF), rear admiral Subhan Bakirov at the press conference held …
Read More »Lukoil may expand its activity in the Caspian Sea
The head of Russia’s Lukoil company Vahid Alekperov has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, APA-Economics reports citing Russian media. In the appeal, V. Alekperov has requested for permission in order to carry out geological exploration in the three areas (Tuleniy 1, Tuleniy 2 and Tuleniy 3) located in the Russian …
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