Russia & CIS

The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation OIC Dr Yousef A AlOthaimeen has expressed deep concern over the statement Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made during his visit to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan on August 5 the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told NewsAz

There are plans to begin construction of a tire factory in Azerbaijan in early 2020 Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev told reporters on the sidelines of AzerbaijaniChinese business forum Trend reports

Azerbaijan intends to significantly increase the cargo transportation potential along the TransCaspian corridor including the BakuTbilisiKars railway line Azerbaijani Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev told reporters Trend reports

The AzeriChiragGunashli ACG partnership today celebrated the 25th anniversary of the ACG production sharing agreement signed on 20 September 1994 between the Government of Azerbaijan and eleven international companies representing eight countries according to SOCAR

A delegation led by Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress NPC of China Li Zhanshu has visited the Alley of Honors to lay a wreath at the tomb of national leader founder and architect of modern Azerbaijani state Heydar Aliyev

UKs MP Secretary of State for International Trade President of the Board Trade Elizabeth Truss and MP Minister for Europe and the Americas Christopher Pincher sent a congratulatory letter to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Contract of the Century Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani presidential pressservice

Azerbaijan and China aim to expand trade and economic ties and are working on a number of major projects Azerbaijani Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev told reporters on Sept 20

First VicePresident of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has made an Instagram post on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Contract of the Century

A solemn opening ceremony of the 11th Uzeyir Hajibeyli International Music Festival has been held in Baku

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attends a cermony to mark the 25th anniversary of the Contract of the Century and Oil Workers Day at the Heydar Aliyev Center

The livefire stage of the largescale operationaltactical exercises of the Azerbaijani army was conducted the countrys Defense Ministry said on Friday

AzeriChiragGunashli ACG was a landmark contract for Azerbaijan and for the whole Caspian region Elena Anankina credit analyst focusing on energy and the primary analyst on SOCAR at SP Global Platts told Trend

Every year on September 20 Azerbaijan marks the anniversary of Production Sharing Agreement PSA Contract of the Century on development of the AzeriChiragGuneshli ACG block of fields and Day of Oilmen professional holiday of workers of oil and gas sector

Taiwan said on Friday it has cut official ties with the Pacific island nation of Kiribati losing another ally amid Chinese pressure on the nations that have diplomatic relations with the selfruled island Reuters reported

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will hold a meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group CoChairs in New York on Sept 23 the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told NewsAz

Huawei is launching a new flagship smartphone that will run on the Chinese tech giants own version of Googles Android operating system because of US export sanctions Daily Sabah reported

Azerbaijans national team participates in the TEKNOFEST festival in Turkey Trend reports on Sept 20 referring to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport Communications and High Technologies

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Kyrgyz counterpart Chingiz Aydarbekov within his working visit to Hungary the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told NewsAz

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg held a productive meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House a spokesperson for the social media giant said in a statement Sputnik reported

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 21 times using heavy machine guns the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Sept 20