Politics

On November 11, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met with Aleksandar Vučić, President of the Republic of Serbia, Azernews reports. During the meeting, the Presidents commended the strong bilateral relations between the two countries and noted the frequency of high-level reciprocal visits. They exchanged views on cooperation within international …

On October 30, a briefing and media tour dedicated to the organization of medical services within the framework of COP29 was held at the New Clinic, Azernews reports. The briefing, attended by TABIB’s Executive Director Vugar Gurbanov, Deputy Minister of Health Nadir Zeynalov, leadership from subordinate medical institutions, TABIB’s executive director deputies, …

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to his Uzbek counterpart on the successful holding of elections to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (Supreme Assembly) of Uzbekistan, Azernews reports. “These elections, held based on the mixed electoral system for the first time in the history of …

Today in Baku, the “Azerbaijan – NATO” event dedicated to studying issues of energy security and climate change has opened, Azernews reports, citing Anar Mutallimov, the acting head of the Military-Political Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as he stated during roundtable meeting with NATO representatives. He noted that the …

The U-23 World Wrestling Championship continues in Tirana, the capital of Albania, Azernews reports. The winners of the last five weights of Greco-Roman wrestling at the world championships have been determined. Rashad Mammadov (55 kg) defeated American William Sullivan (12:4), Colombian Cristofor Aguilar (9:0), and Japanese Kohei Yamagiva (12:2) and advanced to …

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense Industry, Vugar Mustafayev, met with Kyrgyz Ambassador to Baku, Maksat Mamitkanov, Azernews reports citing Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan. The meeting focused on the current mutual relations between the two countries in the defense industry and discussed prospects for future cooperation in this area. Additionally, the parties …

Russia has requested the possibility of importing 600 MW of electricity from Azerbaijan and Georgia in case of an emergency, Azernews reports, citing Russian media. Aleksandra Panina, a member of the Russian energy company “Inter” management board, revealed this during the All-Russian Tariff Conference. “We have applied to two countries. We have …

Azerbaijan’s feature producer Emil Najafov and his Turkish colleague Emrah Kılıç have discussed co-producing films as part of the 15th Baku International Film Festival, Azernews reports. Speaking about the history of joint projects, Emil Najafov outlined that in contemporary cinema, this direction plays a special role. “Since the 1990s to the present, …

France’s pro-Armenian and unjust policies continue to disturb the peace and threaten the South Caucasus. This time, during the International Organization of La Francophonie summit held in Villers-Cotterêts and Paris, documents filled with unilateral, biased, and distorted provocative statements against Azerbaijan were adopted with France’s direct support. It is not …

A closing ceremony for the “Maharat-2024” computer-assisted joint command and staff training between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan has been held at the Military Administration Institute’s War Games Center, Azernews reports. The speakers stated that the main goal of the training was to enhance the coordination and effectiveness of allied forces and to develop …