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On 26 February, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev gave a press conference for representatives of local and foreign media. According to AZERTAC addressing the media representatives, President Ilham Aliyev said: – It is the 29th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide today. The Khojaly tragedy is a bloody crime, …

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement on the cases of sending Armenian armed forces to the territories of Azerbaijan. “After the signing of a joint statement on November 10, 2020, which entailed the cessation of all hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia, there are cases of sending personnel …

Azerbaijan increased trade with Iran by 18.3 percent in January 2021, compared to the same month of last year, the State Customs Committee has reported. In January, the total turnover amounted to $30 million, thus making Iran Azerbaijan’s main trading partner among the Persian Gulf countries. Out of the total turnover, …

The Food Safety Agency of Azerbaijan is taking appropriate measures to protect animals from infectious diseases that can penetrate the territory of Azerbaijan from other countries, Trend reports with reference to the agency. The agency is conducting relevant work on the basis of the data of the World Organization for …

Kazakhstan’s KMG Drilling & Services and Azerbaijan’s Caspian Drilling Company signed an agreement on drilling wells with the Kazakh ‘Satti’ jack-up rig in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, Trend reports citing the Kazakh Sovereign Wealth Fund, NWF Samruk-Kazyna JSC. According to the fund’s report, the activity will be …

Iran was Azerbaijan’s top export market among the countries of the Persian Gulf in the first month of this year, according to the State Customs Committee. Official statistics suggest that Iran, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar were the top three export destinations of Azerbaijan among the Gulf countries. The …

Armenians carried out massacres in the Azerbaijani Karabakh region after occupying it in the early 1990s, Trends Karabakh bureau said. According to the bureau, the occupiers looted all houses dwelled by Azerbaijanis, as well as destroyed the local infrastructure, settlements, and villages. Azerbaijanis, who came down for 30 years to …