“The idea of establishing the Alat Free Economic Zone is based on our policy. In particular, the work done to develop the non-oil sector in recent years has given an impetus to the establishment of this zone,” President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview with Azerbaijan Television following the groundbreaking …
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Baku urges int’l pressure on Armenia over Azerbaijani rivers’ pollution
Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Mukhtar Babayev has said that the international community must put pressure on Armenia to urge the latter to stop polluting Azerbaijani rivers, Trend reported on June 30. He made the remarks at the presentation of the Karabakh.Center web resource in Baku on June 30. “Unfortunately, Armenia …
Read More »Azerbaijan chairs meeting of NAM group at UNESCO
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) group at UNESCO has held its regular plenary online meeting under Azerbaijan’s chairmanship, the local media reported on June 30. The meeting chaired by the head of Azerbaijan’s permanent mission to UNESCO, Ambassador Elman Abdullayev, was attended by UNESCO Deputy Director-General Xing Qu and ambassadors from the NAM member and observer …
Read More »USAID to participate in reconstruction of Azerbaijan’s liberated lands
By Ayya Lmahamad The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will participate in the reconstruction work carried out in Azerbaijan’s liberated territories. The remark was made by the head of the USAID mission in Azerbaijan Jay Singh during a summit dedicated to supporting women’s entrepreneurship, held in Baku on June …
Read More »ABC Money: Nagorno-Karabakh has potential to become region’s renewable energy haven
Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh has a potential to become a renewable energy haven in the region, UK’s ABC Money news agency has reported. In an article “How Azerbaijan is Transforming Karabakh into a Renewable Energy Hub”, the agency noted that the implementation of such renewable energy projects in Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan’s …
Read More »Lithuania can offer Azerbaijan fast route to Scandinavian countries – vice-minister
Question: What are the priorities of cooperation between Lithuania and Azerbaijan in the sphere of economy? Answer: Azerbaijan is one of our main trading partners in South Caucasus. Although, trade relationship between Lithuania and Azerbaijan currently are not intense, they could be intensified in the short and medium run. There are …
Read More »Aliyev: Armenia must determine borders with Azerbaijan as conflict is over
President Ilham Aliyev has said that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is over and Armenia must determine its borders with Azerbaijan, Azertag reported on June 26. He made the remarks in an address at a meeting with the Azerbaijani army’s top brass and a group of servicemen on the Armed Forces Day held …
Read More »Azerbaijani-Turkish joint exercises kick off in Baku
According to the agreement on military cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Turkey, the “Mustafa Kemal Ataturk – 2021” joint live-fire tactical exercises have started in Baku, Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. “The main objective of the exercises held with the participation of Azerbaijani and Turkish …
Read More »Trade turnover between Azerbaijan and China increases
The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and China amounted to $553.4 million from January through April 2021, which is by 10.2 percent more than in the same period of last year, Trend reports with reference to the Azerbaijani State Customs Committee. Azerbaijan exported goods worth $119.7 million to China in the reporting period …
Read More »Nar celebrates Armed Forces Day with soldiers in liberated territories
Nar provided its support to the Azerbaijani Army on the occasion of June 26 – the Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan. Thus, the mobile operator met with the servicemen in a military unit located in the recently liberated territories with the support of the Ministry of Defence. In …
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