International Mother Language Day is celebrated annually on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The 22nd edition of this Day is celebrated as the world faces the unprecedented disruption to education caused by COVID-19. The pandemic has exposed and is expected to add new …

The Estonia-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Group has issued a statement on the 29th anniversary of the Khojaly Massacre. The statement reads: “The Estonia-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Group expresses its heart-felt condolences to the Azerbaijan nation on the 29th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide. We share the pain of the Azerbaijani people about the Khojaly …

Co-chaired by Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov and Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, a Turkey-Azerbaijan Business Forum has been held in Ankara. The forum brought together government officials, businessmen and company executives of the two brotherly countries. Addressing the forum, Prime Minister Ali Asadov described Azerbaijan’s victory in the 44-day …

An online event entitled “Employment of people with Disabilities: Employers’ Experience” has been held with the participation of public and private enterprises. The virtual roundtable was organized within the project “Ensuring the Rights and Welfare of Women with Disabilities and Veterans of the Nagorno-Karabakh War” by the United Nations Development …

The railway lines and border opportunities between Iran and Azerbaijan should be activated, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, Trend reports citing East Azerbaijan Province Governor Office’s website. He made the remark in a meeting with the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province (northwestern Iran), Mohammad Reza Pourmohammadi in …

The Southern Gas Corridor is a very good example of cooperation between Azerbaijan and the European Union, Head of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan Kestutis Jankauskas said in a video address circulated in the delegation’s Facebook page on February 18. Jankauskas stated that the EU is currently looking for ways to …

The second meeting of the Joint Technical Committee between the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Energy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been held in a video conference format. Head of the committee from Azerbaijani side, Deputy Minister of Energy Kamal Abbasov …

President Ilham Aliyev has signed the law to approve the memorandum of understanding between Azerbaijan and Turkey on strategic cooperation in the media sphere, Azertag reported on February 18. The approved memorandum was signed on December 10, 2020, in Baku by Azerbaijani Presidential Aide Hikmat Hajiyev and Director of Communications of the …

Azerbaijan`s Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has met with Uzbek Ambassador to the country Bahrom Ashrafkhanov. Minister Hasanov noted that bilateral military cooperation between the two countries is based on friendly and fraternal relations. The minister stressed that the relations in the field of defense, as in all …

Financial cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia is aimed at the entry of Russian companies into the Azerbaijani market, Trend reports referring to a source in Azerbaijan’s Trade Representation in the country. According to the source, a meeting of the mission’s business club on the ‘Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia in …