Politics

Azerbaijan’s Energy Ministry and Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power company have discussed pilot projects to develop Azerbaijan’s renewable energy industry. The discussion was held during an online meeting between Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov and Board Chairman of Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power Mohammad Abunayyan on February 8. The parties discussed the work …

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Wendy Morton. Welcoming the UK Minister, President Ilham Aliyev said: -I am very glad to see you in Azerbaijan. I am sure that the visit will be …

President Ilham Aliyev has attended the opening of a new complex of the administrative building of the Azerbaijani Prosecutor-General’s Office in Baku’s Binagadi district. The new structure of the Prosecutor-General’s Office was approved under the presidential decree dated June 10, 2020, to ensure the adequate adaptation of the prosecution agencies to new …

Azerbaijan’s YASHAT Fund invited ophthalmologists from Israel to Azerbaijan for the treatment of servicemen with ocular injuries during the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh war, head of the Fund, veteran of the Nagorno-Karabakh war Elvin Huseynov told Trend on Feb. 5. “The medical staff will arrive in Azerbaijan till late February,” Huseynov said. …

“The Winter Exercise-2021, conducted with the participation of units of the Azerbaijani Combined Arms Army and the Turkish Armed Forces, are underway,” Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. “At the regular stage of the exercises, the units fulfilled tactical-special tasks of engineering support for combat operations in a complicated operational …

The head of Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Rovshan Rzayev, and (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) UNHCR representative Guido Ambroso in Azerbaijan have discussed the return of refugees to their homelands recently liberated from Armenia’s occupation, Day.az reported on February 5. The chairman of the committee noted that …

Azerbaijani and Turkish women activists have discussed joint humanitarian projects conducted in Stockholm, Sweden. Turkish ambassador to Sweden Hakki Emre Yunt, joined by spouse Figen Yunt, provided an insight into the humanitarian projects. Yunt said that as part of the projects a breakfast was set for Swedish healthcare workers as …

President Ilham Aliyev has described the mine clearance operations on Azerbaijani territories recently liberated from Armenian occupation as one of the priority tasks before the country. He made the remarks in a video format meeting with newly-appointed Chairman of the Board of the Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency Vugar Suleymanov on …

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Georgia Faig Guliyev has met with Mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze to discuss bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The sides hailed the development of strategic partnership and good neighborly relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia. They also exchanged views on intensifying cooperation between the Baku City Executive …

Baku has repatriated 272 Russian citizens stranded in Azerbaijan due to the coronavirus lockdown, to Russia, Russian media reported with reference to Dagestan’s acting minister for national policy and religious affairs Enrik Muslimov. On February 1, 272 Russian citizens  returned to their country through the Samur border checkpoint. It was noted that all repatriated citizens will …