Politics

European Union (EU) is ready to engage more to achieve a comprehensive and lasting settlement after the Second Karabakh war, High Representative of the European Union, Josep Borrell said, Trend reports. Borrell made the statement in a blog dedicated to the conclusion of the visit of Austria Foreign Minister Alexander …

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 …

The U.S. has allocated $1 million to Azerbaijan to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Earle Litzenberger has said. Litzenberger added that the funds will be transferred to Azerbaijan through the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Azerbaijan confirmed its first COVID-19 case …

“The idea of establishing the Alat Free Economic Zone is based on our policy. In particular, the work done to develop the non-oil sector in recent years has given an impetus to the establishment of this zone,” President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview with Azerbaijan Television following the groundbreaking …

Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Mukhtar Babayev has said that the international community must put pressure on Armenia to urge the latter to stop polluting Azerbaijani rivers, Trend reported on June 30. He made the remarks at the presentation of the Karabakh.Center web resource in Baku on June 30. “Unfortunately, Armenia …

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) group at UNESCO has held its regular plenary online meeting under Azerbaijan’s chairmanship, the local media reported on June 30. The meeting chaired by the head of Azerbaijan’s permanent mission to UNESCO, Ambassador Elman Abdullayev, was attended by UNESCO Deputy Director-General Xing Qu and ambassadors from the NAM member and observer …

By Ayya Lmahamad The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will participate in the reconstruction work carried out in Azerbaijan’s liberated territories. The remark was made by the head of the USAID mission in Azerbaijan Jay Singh during a summit dedicated to supporting women’s entrepreneurship, held in Baku on June …

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 …

According to the agreement on military cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Turkey, the “Mustafa Kemal Ataturk – 2021” joint live-fire tactical exercises have started in Baku, Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. “The main objective of the exercises held with the participation of Azerbaijani and Turkish …

Czech Republic is preparing some new projects for big investments in the liberated areas of Azerbaijan, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Azerbaijan Milan Ekert told Trend. The ambassador said the projects are related to transport infrastructure. He said that energy sector is also very interesting for Czech Republic, and the …