Politics

On the morning of August 17, Azerbaijani peacekeepers ensured the safe evacuation of over 100 employees of the UN and other international organizations from the Kabul International Airport, local news sources have reported. Moreover, the Azerbaijani peacekeepers are currently engaged in evacuating about 100 French citizens leaving Afghanistan in a hurry for their …

Azerbaijan and the Central Asian country Kyrgyzstan are ready told a session of the joint intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation in autumn. This was stated during the meeting between Kyrgyz Foreign Affairs Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Gidayat Orudzhev, Day.az has reported. During the meeting, …

On August 15, at 04:33 and 07:25 the Armenian armed forces units from the positions in the Arazdayan settlement of Vedi region, using large-caliber weapons subjected to fire the Azerbaijan Army positions in the direction of Heydarabad settlement of Sadarak district, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan told AZERTAC. …

UN human rights experts have said that Armenia must stop intimidating human rights defender Sashik Sultanyan, founder of the Yezidi Center for Human Rights, who faces criminal charges for speaking out in support of minority rights, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has reported on its …

On August 12 at 21:26, the Armenian armed forces units from the positions in the Khazinavar settlement of Gorus region using small arms subjected to fire the positions of the Azerbaijan Army in the direction of Garigishlag settlement of Lachin district, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. “On August 13 starting …

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received prominent Kazakh poet and public figure Olzhas Suleimenov. According to AZERTAC, President Ilham Aliyev said he was pleased to welcome Olzhas Suleimenov to Azerbaijan, noting that he is known in Azerbaijan as a great friend of the Azerbaijani people, a prominent …

President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on the appointment of Kanan Najafov and Zaur Gurbanov as Vice Presidents of Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR), Azertag reported on August 11. On the same day, Aliyev signed a decree “On improving the structure of the State Oil Company of the Republic …

An event under the slogan “Promoting friendly relations between Finland and Azerbaijan” has been held in the city of Helsinki. Finnish MP Veronika Honkasalo, renowned writer Aulikki Oksanen, theater director Juha Kukkonen, representatives of the Turkish-Finnish society and the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Finland, as well as local businessmen and representatives …

Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has said that there is broad agenda of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Belgium and that bilateral relations are developing successfully, the ministry’s press service reported. At the same time, he spoke about mutually beneficial partnership of Azerbaijan with the European Union. Bayramov made the remarks while …

Cooperation in the field of labor, employment and social protection between Azerbaijan and Turkey were discussed during the videoconference meeting of two counties’ Labor and Social Protection Ministers Sahil Babayev and Vedat Bilgin. Baku and Ankara have discussed cooperation in the field of labor, employment during the meeting held between …