Politics

An Azerbaijani delegation led by Speaker of the Parliament Ogtay Asadov will attend the 8th Plenary Session and Conference marking the 10th anniversary of TURKPA, which is to take place in Izmir, Turkey, from November 19-21.The event will see Kyrgyzstan hand over chairmanship of the organization to Turkey.The agenda of …

There are plans to sign many documents between Azerbaijan and Belarus, Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev told reporters in Baku Nov. 17.“Relations between Azerbaijan and Belarus cover the political, economic, trade, military-technical, cultural, humanitarian and other spheres,” Hajiyev said.He noted …

A delegation of Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office has attended the 9th meeting of the Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN) organized by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Prague.The delegation included chief of organizational and information support department of the Anti-Corruption Department under the …

Chile intends to open an embassy in Azerbaijan, acting spokesperson of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva told Trend on Nov. 15.According to a diplomatic note addressed to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry by the Foreign Ministry of Chile, the embassy of Chile will open in Baku soon as a sign …

Slovakia intends to open an embassy in Azerbaijan, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, who is on a visit to Baku, said on Nov. 13.The prime minister stressed that the country intends to open an embassy in the country soon.This decision is correct as the embassy will facilitate cultural and economic …

President of the World Veterans Federation Dan-Viggo Bergtun has sent a letter of thanks to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, hailing the country`s arrangements made to welcome World Veterans Federation`s delegation for the organization`s events. In his letter, Bergtun also said he was most impressed by the collective enthusiasm surrounding …

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Austria Bernd Alexander Bayerl.The sides discussed prospects for developing cooperation between the two countries, emphasizing the necessity of deepening mutually beneficial relations in economic, transport, energy, agriculture and other fields in this regard.The contribution of …

On Nov. 9, First Deputy Minister of Defense, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Colonel General Najmeddin Sadikov has met with a delegation led by General Stephen Lyons, Commander of the US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), the press service of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of …

Co-organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Azerbaijani Embassy in Germany, an opening ceremony of the exhibition and official reception on the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic have been held in Berlin, Germany. Participants in the event included executive director of the Heydar Aliyev …

By Leman Mammadova Azerbaijan and Vatican have established close friendly relations, and these relations are especially actively developing in the humanitarian sphere, Bishop Vladimir Fekete, apostolic prefect of Azerbaijan, told Trend. The bishop recalled that the Azerbaijani government provided assistance in restoring the ancient catacombs in the Vatican within humanitarian …