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Azerbaijan expressed condolences to Kazakhstan on the national mourning day in the country on January 10. “We express condolences to the families and relatives of those killed in the districts of the fraternal country as a result of tragic events in connection with January 10, the day of national mourning in …

According to the combat training plan, the first training exercises of the 2022 training year has been held in the Land Forces Operations Commando military unit, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. In accordance with the plan, the area, where the sabotage group of the imaginary enemy was supposed to commit …

Fikrat Amirov’s ballet “One Thousand and One Nights” will be staged in Russia. The ballet will be staged at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theater to mark the composer’s centennial anniversary. The Russian audience will be able to enjoy one of the most popular Middle Eastern folk tale on January 18, 22 and …

Iran and Azerbaijan have great cooperation on joint use of border rivers, Adviser on International Affairs to the Iranian Energy Minister Mohammad Ali Farahnakian told Trend. The official noted that joint cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan on the use of border rivers has been going on for more than 50 years …

Azerbaijan`s Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has sent letters of condolences to Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, and Chief of the General Staff, Army General Yasar Guler, the Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. The letters say: “I am deeply saddened by the news of 3 servicemen of …

Chovgan is an Azerbaijani traditional horse-riding game played on a flat, grassy field by two competing teams of players mounted on Karabakh horses. A forerunner to polo, it involves 2 teams of 5 players in national dress riding Karabakh horses who compete to knock a small leather ball through the …

According to the combat training plan for 2022, the Azerbaijani Army conducts training-methodological sessions with the participation of commanders and the deputy commanders of battalions and divisions, the Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. “The sessions evaluate the knowledge and skills of the officers, their physical fitness, as well as, improve theoretical …