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With the liberation of its territories from the Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan created a new path of economic development. Namely, the county’s newly-liberated territories will be first where “smart city” concept – that has long been in the agenda in Azerbaijan – will be implemented. After Azerbaijan’s victory in the Second …

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov has met with members of the French National Assembly visiting the country. Minister Jeyhun Bayramov noted that the visit could contribute to obtaining detailed information on the situation in the region, as well as deepening of bilateral relations. Giving detailed information about …

Azerbaijan continues global efforts in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the country sent batches of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the humanitarian aid in the fight against COVID-19. On July 16, 50,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered to Uzbekistan …

The trial on the criminal case of Russian citizen Eduard Dubakov, who was previously attracted by Armenia to the battles in Karabakh, continues at the Baku Court on Grave Crimes on July 22, Trend reports. At the session chaired by Judge Samir Aliyev, the accused made the last speech. Dubakov …

President Ilham Aliyev is on a visit in Azerbaijan’s Dashkasan city, Azertag reported on July 22. During the visit, Aliyev has visited the Alley of Martyrs in Dashkasan where martyrs of the first and second Karbakh wars have been buried. Thirty-one residents of Dashkasan were martyred during the 44-day-war in …

A record number of container trains – 48 units – have been shipped to Azerbaijan within the TURKUAZ project, which implements rail freight from Turkey to Azerbaijan and vice versa passing through Georgia via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, ADY Container reported on July 16. Overall, 1.344 tons of granulated sugar has …

“Apparently, Tigran Avinyan forgot that the elections are over; now is the time to do real things, not populism,” said spokesperson for Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva as she commented on the statement of Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Avinyan that “there will be no peace agreement until the …