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Baku has said that Azerbaijan highly values Russia’s efforts to resolve the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The ministry’s press service said this in a statement to comment on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s remarks on Nagorno-Karabakh made in an interview to Rossiya-24 channel on 17 November. “Azerbaijan highly appreciates Russia’s efforts to resolve the …

President Ilham Aliyev has said that the Dutch parliament’s recent unjust anti-Azerbaijani decision will not help the two countries establish closer ties. He made the remarks while receiving credentials of newly-appointed ambassador of the Netherlands Pauline Eizema on 18 November. “Unfortunately, when our meeting was appointed I got information that …

“White phosphorus was widely used by the Armenian armed forces for burning forests around Shusha,” Assistant to the Azerbaijani President, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev has told journalists. Hikmat Hajiyev said: “What we see here is another fact proving that the white phosphorus …

“The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan are the countries who share a common history, culture and religious roots. Therefore, the state border between the two countries has become a border of peace and friendship,” Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Seyyed Abbas Mousavi made a post on his …

The Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan has published an article about Bashikasik Dome as part of the “Karabakh is the cradle of Azerbaijani culture” project. AZERTAC presents the article. “The dome built in the 13th-14th centuries located in Daghtumas village of Jabrayil district was named Bashikasik Dome (Headless dome) due to …

Press Secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov answered the question of how the Kremlin assesses the first days after the signing of the trilateral declaration to end the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Trend reports citing the Russian media. “It is necessary to appeal to the military experts, but first of all, of …

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has congratulated the people of Azerbaijan on National Revival Day, Azertag has reported. In a post on his official Twitter account on17 November, the Turkish FM said: “Our heroic Azerbaijani brothers who stood up for independence 32 years ago, liberated their occupied lands with the …