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With the liberation of its territories from the Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan created a new path of economic development. Namely, the county’s newly-liberated territories will be first where “smart city” concept – that has long been in the agenda in Azerbaijan – will be implemented. After Azerbaijan’s victory in the Second …

Azerbaijan continues global efforts in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the country sent batches of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the humanitarian aid in the fight against COVID-19. On July 16, 50,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered to Uzbekistan …

President Ilham Aliyev is on a visit in Azerbaijan’s Dashkasan city, Azertag reported on July 22. During the visit, Aliyev has visited the Alley of Martyrs in Dashkasan where martyrs of the first and second Karbakh wars have been buried. Thirty-one residents of Dashkasan were martyred during the 44-day-war in …

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev phoned to President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan in connection with the anniversary of the attempted coup d’état on July 15 in Turkey, Azertag reported. The head of state, firstly commemorated the martyrs who were killed in those days. President Ilham Aliyev said that the …

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 …

The reopening of the Zangazur Corridor — a rail and road linking Azerbaijan to Armenia — will open an economic opportunity for both our countries and the wider region, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev wrote in …

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 …

President Ilham Aliyev has said that Azerbaijan’s cities were systematically destroyed during Armenia’s 30-year occupation, Azertag reported on June 23. He made the remarks at a meeting with United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) High Representative Miguel Ángel Moratinos in Baku on June 23. “As you know, they destroyed the cities …

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 …

Khudafarin bridges between Azerbaijan and Iran, which have a special historical relationship, should be in the center of attention as much as possible, Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Ali Asghar Mounesan told journalists, Trend reports citing IRNA. He made the remark while getting acquainted with Khudafarin bridges in East …