President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of condolences to Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq Al Said. “I was deeply saddened by the news of the death of prominent statesman, Sultan of Oman His Majesty Qaboos bin Said,” the President said in his message. “On the occasion …
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Azerbaijan, Bulgaria discuss prospects for military cooperation
Azerbaijan`s Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has met with Bulgarian Ambassador to the country Nikolay Yankov to discuss prospects for the military cooperation. The parties touched upon the current state of bilateral military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria, stressed the importance of expanding this cooperation. Touching upon the military-political …
Read More »“Nar” team becomes champion of Azerbaijan at “Brain Ring” contest
The fourteenth season of the intellectual competition “Brain Ring”, held with the sponsorship of Nar has ended. “Nar” team supported by the mobile operator became the winner of 2019. Thus, the team took the title of Azerbaijan champion at Brain Ring 2019 after defeating all competitors in the most interesting …
Read More »Buta Airways: Schedule of Baku-Tehran-Baku flight not to be changed
Buta Airways airline company performs daily flights in Baku-Tehran-Baku direction in the framework of the winter schedule, and at the present stage it is not planned to make changes in the schedule of flights in this direction, Buta Airways told “APA-Economics”. In case of making any change, the airline company …
Read More »OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has officially opened its election observation mission (EOM) for the 9 February early parliamentary elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan, said Ambassador Peter Tejler, head of the OSCE/ODIHR EOM at a press conference in Baku. Tejler said that the mission’s …
Read More »Monument to Nizami Ganjavi to be erected in Ukraine’s Kharkiv in 2020
A park named after great Azerbaijani poet and thinker Nizami Ganjavi is planned to be created in Ukraine’s second largest city of Kharkiv in 2020 where a monument to him will also be erected, Azerbaijan’s Embassy in Kyiv has told AZERTAC. According to the Embassy, necessary documentation is now being finalized. …
Read More »Russia’s Makhachkala eyes to launch flights to Baku and Tehran in 2020
Makhachkala-Baku and Makhachkala-Tehran direct flights are planned to be launched in 2020, Director General of Makhachkala Airport JSC in Russia’s Republic of Dagestan Arsen Pirmagomedov said. “Presently, we are considering the issue of launching direct flights to Iran’s Tehran city and Azerbaijan’s Baku city this year,” Pirmagomedov added, Trend reports referring to …
Read More »458 candidates for MP registered in Azerbaijan
As many as 2,296 people have applied for participation in the early parliamentary election in Azerbaijan to be held Feb. 9, said the head of the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC) Mazahir Panahov at a meeting of CEC on Jan. 6, Trend reports. Panahov said that 463 candidates for MP have been …
Read More »NATO suspends Iraq training mission
NATO suspended its training mission in Iraq, the alliance said Saturday after a U.S. drone strike killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, according to news organization Politico. NATO has been advising the Iraqi defense forces on how to keep ISIS from regaining strength. However, those “training activities are temporarily …
Read More »Azerbaijani, Iranian FMs discuss regional situation over phone
On January 4, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov had a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Javad Zarif. The ministers discussed the latest developments that aggravated the tension in the region. It was noted that the Azerbaijani side calls on all parties involved …
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