The Defence Ministry has said that a group of Turkish demining experts have started training Azerbaijani servicemen in the country’s specially designed engineering towns. In mid-December, 136 servicemen of the Turkish armed forces arrived in Azerbaijan to help with demining on territories recently liberated from the Armenian occupation lands. The first group of Turkish sappers arrived …

President Ilham Aliyev’s brilliant leadership and wisdom ensured Azerbaijan’s victory in the Second Karabakh War, US expert, CEO of Caspian Group Holdings Rob Sobhani told Trend. Sobhani believes that Azerbaijan’s victory is based on a number of mutually reinforcing factors. “First, the brilliant leadership of President Aliyev and the timing of …

Azerbaijan is the fourth largest main trade partner of Georgia, with the bilateral trade between the two countries totaling $831.349 million in January-November of 2020, Georgia`s National Statistics Service said. For this period, Azerbaijan`s share in Georgia`s economy made up 8.1 percent. Turkey is Georgia`s largest trade partner with $1,429 …

Let Me Run (“İzn ver qaçım”) shot film by Azerbaijani film director Elmar Bayramov has been recognized as the “Best Foreign Film” at the “Fighting Spirit Film” international festival held in London. The film tells the life story of a physically challenged young man named Orkhan who despite all difficulties …

Azerbaijan and its soughern neighbour Iran have discussed the construction of hydroelectric power plants (HPP) on Araz River on the two countries’ borders. Progress on construction of HPPs was discussed during the meeting of the relevant Technical Commissions in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on December 14-16, the energy ministry has reported. …

Azerbaijan has strongly condemned draft resolutions on Nagorno-Karabakh adopted by the Belgian and Dutch parliaments containing baseless and biased allegations against Azerbaijan and Turkey, the Foreign Ministry reported. During the plenary session of the House of Representatives of the Belgian Federal Parliament on December 17, a draft resolution titled “Support to the initiatives …

Bilateral cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia was discussed during the meeting between Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov and Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mikhail Bocharnikov, the ministry reported on December 21. During the meeting, the minister noted that Russia is one of Azerbaijan’s main trade partner and a leader in non-oil exports. …

Azerbaijan`s Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has sent a letter of condolences to his Russian counterpart, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu. The letter says: “I was deeply saddened by the news of the death of an officer of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the …

Turkey on Friday rejected the resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh adopted by the lower house of Belgian Parliament, according to Anadolu Agency. Responding to a question in writing, the Spokesperson of Turkish Foreign Ministry Hami Aksoy said the resolution 1597 related to Nagorno-Karabakh adopted by Belgium’s House of Representative is neither historical …

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said that the Armenian authorities did everything to disrupt the process of negotiations and that the negotiations around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict stopped in 2019. Aliyev made the remarks addressing a session of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States held …