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Representatives of the Azerbaijani Army are attending several international events, including in “Conflict Management Courses” in Tbilisi, Georgia, as well as in “Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) Disaster Relief Courses within the EU Eastern Partnership Program” in Bucharest, Romania.

Azerbaijan`s historic centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List at a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Baku. The historic city of Sheki is located at the foot of the Greater Caucasus Mountains and divided in two by the Gurjana River. …

Inspection of uncoordinated parts of the Georgian-Azerbaijani border will be carried out within 2-3 weeks, Georgian Deputy FM Lasha Darsalia stated,  APA‘s local bureau reports. According to him,  technical and organizational issues are underway in this direction Said Babazadeh

During the morning session of its current meeting, in Baku, the World Heritage Committee inscribed seven cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The sites added to the List are situated in Australia, Bahrain, China, India, Indonesia, Japan and People’s Democratic Republic of Lao. Inscriptions will continue through 7 July. …

“While doing its utmost to contribute to international peace and security Azerbaijan is still facing continuous military aggression by neighboring Armenia, which resulted in occupation of 20 percent of internationally recognized territory of my country, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions; in ethnic cleansing of almost 1 million Azerbaijani refugees …

An Azerbaijani-Chinese business forum has been held in Baku, bringing together more than 150 entrepreneurs and officials from both sides. Speaking at the forum, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Minister of Economy Niyazi Safarov noted a 2.6 percent growth in the bilateral trade between the two countries. “Trade between Azerbaijan and China reached …

“The number of Azerbaijani diplomatic missions worldwide increase. This is a clear example of the expansion of geography our foreign policy,” Hikmat Hajiyev, the head of the Foreign Affairs Department at the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, said during his speech at the presentation of the electronic resource of the Presidential Library …