Tag Archives: Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan has left behind a number of European countries, including Italy and Lithuania, taking the 27th place in the sub-category “Quality of Road Infrastructure” in the Global Competitiveness Index report by the World Economic Forum, Trend reports. Thus, Azerbaijan, which took the 27th place, left behind Turkey, which ranked 31st, the UK, …

A monument to great Azerbaijani poet and thinker Imadeddin Nasimi has been unveiled in the atrium of the All-Russian State Foreign Literature Library named after M.I.Rudomino in Moscow, Russia. The monument was opened with organizational support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva, Deputy …

Azerbaijan`s Leyla Zeynalova has won the 8th international contest of young pianists in Riga, Latvia. She earned three awards. A presidential scholarship holder, Leyla is a second-year student at the Baku Music Academy named after Uzeyir Hajibayli. She has won a number of international competitions, including in Azerbaijan, Germany, England, …

On October 28, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Republic of Azerbaijan Zacharie Gross was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and received by Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov. At the meeting, the note of protest regarding last week visit of President of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes …

As part of his visit to Brussels, Azerbaijan`s Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has met with NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana. The parties exchanged views on prospects for cooperation between Azerbaijan and NATO, as well as regional security issues. Mircea Geoana expressed gratitude for Azerbaijan’s contribution to …

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has arrived in Azerbaijan to attend the XVIII Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement on October 24, APA reports. A guard of honor was lined up for the higher guest at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport decorated with the national flags of …

Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Tilak Marapana on the sidelines of the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Baku. The sides hailed the mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries. They noted that there …

Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with National Security Adviser of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamdullah Mohib on the sidelines of the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Baku. The sides hailed the current level of development of the Azerbaijani-Afghan relations. The Afghan official highlighted the latest …

An Azerbaijani delegation led by Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has attended the 9th Beijing Xiangshan Forum. More than 1,300 people, including 76 official delegations, defense ministers from 23 countries, representatives and scholars from international organizations, as well as observers of various countries attended the forum. With the …

Speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament Ogtay Asadov has left for Japan to attend the enthronement ceremony of the country`s new Emperor Naruhito. According to Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, more than 2,000 representatives, including heads of state and other dignitaries from more than 170 countries will attend the ceremony. Among …