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Azerbaijan has temporarily restricted poultry and animal meat imports from some regions of Russia, Trend reports with reference to Azerbaijan’s Food Safety Agency. Earlier, the World Organization for Animal Health has identified cases of Newcastle disease in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, as well as foot-and-mouth disease in Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai regions. …

A meeting with the Special Representative of the European Union for Central Asia, Peter Burian, was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Trend reports referring to the Turkmen foreign ministry. The parties discussed the initiatives of Turkmenistan and Romania on the construction of the “Caspian Sea-Black Sea” …

Baku Open Dance Cup will be held in Baku. The event will take place at the Rashid Behbudov State Song Theater on February 10. The project is co-organized by the Youth Union and the Azerbaijan Dance Association with the support of Jam Group Production. The championship is held in the following age categories: younger …

An Azerbaijani delegation led by Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev will visit Uzbekistan on February 4-5. The Azerbaijani delegation includes Minister of Agriculture Inam Karimov, Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov, Chairman of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC Rauf Valiyev, Director-General of the Baku International Sea Trade Port Taleh Ziyadov, as …

There are good-neighborly relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia, but there are certain forces that oppose this, Azerbaijani MP Aflatun Amashov said, Trend reports. He was speaking at a plenary session of the Azerbaijani parliament regarding erecting a bust of Armenian terrorist Mikhail Avagyan in Georgia, who participated in the occupation …

First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva has today attended the inauguration of the newly built kindergarten No. 6 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Khatai district, Baku. The First Vice-President cut the ribbon symbolizing the opening of the kindergarten. First …

Azerbaijan’s “Mingachevir Textile” LLC has established deliveries of its products to Portugal and Belgium, Rashad Karimov, the public relations manager of the company, told Trend. Karimov noted that presently, the company’s products are exported to Turkey and Russia. “We intend to further expand the geography of exports. In particular, it …