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October 3 marks the birthday of Sergei Yesenin, one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century. The poet’s 126th anniversary has been solemnly marked at the Russian Information and Cultural Center in Baku. Rustam Huseynov’s documentary “Sergei Yesenin in Baku” was screened as part of the event. The film …

Baku has dismissed as unfounded allegations that third forces are located near the Azerbaijani-Iranian border, the Foreign Ministry said on October 4. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Leyla Abdullayeva made the remarks to comment on Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian’s recent interview. “Firstly, we would like to emphasize that, as Iranian …

Azerbaijani government presented the fourth periodic report on the “International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights” online within the 70th session of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva, the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told Trend on Oct.2. Azerbaijan was represented at the session …

“We are ready to start immediately the process of delimitation of our borders. And, of course, after that process is ended-demarcation. We also express willingness to start to work together with Armenia on the future peace agreement. All these initiatives have been articulated on many times by me and by …

Nizami Ganjavi International Center has celebrated 9th anniversary since its establishment, Trend reports. Nizami Ganjavi International Center is a cultural, non-profit, non-political organization dedicated to the memory of great Azerbaijani poet, Nizami Ganjavi and to the study and dissemination of his works with a mission to build a dialogue and understanding between …

BP has agreed to sell a 25 percent participating interest in the Shallow Water Absheron Peninsula (SWAP) exploration project in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea to LUKOIL, the company has reported. It was noted that following completion of the sale BP will remain operator of the SWAP production sharing …

While Armenia was playing its deceitful political games, Azerbaijan created a modern army with high-precision combat technologies, a famous Lithuanian Military Journalist Ricardas Lapaitis told Trend. He noted that September 27, 2020 (the date when the Armenia-Azerbaijan second Karabakh began) went down in the history of Azerbaijan as one of the …