Politics

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has accepted credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France Zacharie Gross, APA reports citing the Presidential press service.

Under the agreement among the defense ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia, the Special Forces joint exercises “Caucasian Eagle – 2019” have started in Baku. During the exercises, the tasks on destroying imaginary targets using air components, releasing of hostages, evacuating the wounded, and other tasks will be fulfilled. Pakistani …

As part of his working visit to Hungary, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov has met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Chingiz Aydarbekov. The Ministers had broad exchange over various issues of bilateral cooperation agenda. The importance of high level mutual visits exchange in terms of development of bilateral relations …

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Péter Szijjártó as part of his working visit to the country. The sides hailed the development level of bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Hungary and steady development of cooperation in the context of strategic …

Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Luigi Di Maio. The sides noted that relations between the two countries are based on the Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership adopted in 2014, high-level political dialogue is developing on a regular basis, …

A reception to mark 100th anniversary of Afghaqnistan’s independence has been organized in Baku. The event started with the performance of the national anthems of Azerbaijan and Afghanistan. Addressing the event, Afghan Ambassador Khairullah Spelenai highlighted the development of Afghanistan-Azerbaijan relations. Commending Azerbaijan for constantly supporting Afghanistan in all spheres, …

Georgian government accepted reforms pack regarding school teachers who reached retirement age, APA’s Georgian bureau reports. According to the document, school teachers who reach pension age can retire based on their own will after receiving lump-sum allowance. This allowance is defined in the amount of 24 times of their last salary, …

“Pakistan in the world” magazine has published two articles about Azerbaijan. Written by Azerbaijani Ambassador Ali Alizade, the article, headlined “Azerbaijan- First parliamentary democracy in the Muslim East”, highlighted the history of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. Headlined “Azerbaijan: country of harmony and progress”, the second article provided an insight into …

Azerbaijan`s Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, who is on a visit to Moscow, has watched a competition between the teams that qualified for the finals of the “Tank Biathlon” contest organized at the Alabino training ground and took part in the awards ceremony for servicemen who became winners. …

The rocket-artillery ship “Mangystau” of the Naval Forces of Kazakhstan that arrived in Azerbaijan to participate in the “Sea Cup-2019” international contest has left Baku Port.