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The next meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic, Trade and Humanitarian Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Iran will be held in Baku on March 10 and March 11, 2022, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Iran Ali Alizada said, Trend reports citing Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province Governor Office. He made the remark during a meeting …

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree on amending the “Regulations on the State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan” approved by his decree No. 278 dated September 21, 2018. According to the decree, the agency’s list of responsibilities has included determining the minimum requirements for the sum insured for civil …

An international seminar on “Human rights violations faced by Muslims” co-organized by the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Turkish Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs has been held in Istanbul. Azerbaijan was represented by Head of the Office of the Commissioner for …

Azerbaijani MP Sevil Mikayilova will leave for Israel on February 19 to participate in events dedicated to the Khojaly genocide, the Azerbaijani parliament told Trend. The members of the Israeli Knesset and the public representatives will take part in the events organized by the AzIz Israel-Azerbaijan International Association within the “Justice …

KarabakhSpace.eu has published an article headlined “It is time to reveal the fate of missing persons from the first Karabakh War”. Written by Vasif Huseynov, a Senior Advisor at the Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center), the article reads: “Wars are never only about territories, military hostilities, or …

U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan Earle Litzenberger has praised Azerbaijan’s strategic role in ensuring Europe’s energy security, Trend has reported. Litzenberger made the remarks at a press conference with local journalists on February 16. The diplomat noted the importance of the Southern Gas Corridor in ensuring Europe’s energy security. “Last week I …

The co-chair of the Azerbaijan-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation from the Azerbaijani side, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Shahin Mustafayev, and the co-chair of the Commission from the Russian side, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Alexei Overchuk, held a meeting through videoconferencing. …