Tag Archives: Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s economic development and the reforms carried out in the country in recent years are reflected in indicators of international reports. The country has made considerable progress with regards to its position in Global Competitiveness Index report 2019 published by the World Economic Forum. In general, Azerbaijan ranked 58th among …

Days of Azerbaijani culture and literature have opened in the city of Urgench, Uzbekistan. The event is held with the support of Azerbaijani Cultural Center named after Heydar Aliyev under Azerbaijan`s Embassy in Tashkent, “Uzbektourizm” State Committee, “Kaspi” newspaper and the Kaspi Education Company of Azerbaijan, and the leadership of …

Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with Ukrainian counterpart Vadym Prystaiko on the sidelines of the EU’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) Ministerial Meeting in Stockholm and dedicated to the 10th Anniversary jubilee of the EaP. The FMs exchanged views on the current state of bilateral relations, as well as the …

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 …