Russia & CIS

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to his Chilean counterpart Sebastian Pinera Echenique

The court of general jurisdiction under the chair of Judge Anna Danibekyan rejected the petition for the release of Armenias second president Robert Kocharyan Newsam reports

The worldfamous American jazz vocalist Michelle Walker will perform at the International Mugham Center in Baku on September 23 AzerTag reports

In JanuaryAugust of the current year amount of trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Russia has been USD 1 828 1384 thousand and it is USD 351 1381 thousand or 238 more than the corresponding period of the previous year according to the calculations conducted by APAEconomics citing State Customs Committees reports

Participation of the Afghani President Ashraf Ghani and Afghani foreign minister is expected at the summit of NonAligned Movement that will be held on October 2526 in Baku this year APA reports

The Medinex Azerbaijan International Medical Innovations Exhibition and Forum will be held at JW MARRIOTT Absheron Baku on November 67 AzerTag reports

During another stage of the Saber Junction19 Multinational BrigadeLevel Tactical Exercises held at the Hohenfels Training Area in Germany the participants began to deploy and organize the activities of headquarters on the terrain as well as the decisionmaking process

Bilateral consultations between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan on issues of the Caspian Sea were held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Trend reports referring to the ministry

The European Unions order to Apple to pay 13 billion euros 14 billion in back taxes defies reality and common sense the US firm said as the two sides sparred in a case key to the EUs crackdown on sweetheart deals to multinationals Reuters reported

Over 360 settlements in Russias Far East have been affected by floods as shown in a report that the Emergencies Ministry prepared for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin expected to take place at the National Crisis Management Center TASS reported

Azerbaijan can consider potentiality of its role as a transit country of Turkmen gas Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Affairs of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev said during a seminar dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Contract of the Century Trend reports

The Taliban movement outlawed in Russia has claimed responsibility for the explosions that rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul and the Parwan province earlier on Tuesday Al Jazeera reported

Azerbaijani travel companies will participate in the Pakistan Travel Mart exhibition to be held in Karachi city Oct 810 Trend reports referring to the State Tourism Agency Sept 17

During the exercises troops and command posts were redeployed to operational areas frontal and army aviation was transferred to reserve airfields rocket and artillery troops were deployed to reserve firing and starting positions Trend reports on Sept 17 referring to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry

Irans Foreign Ministry has announced that Iran will release the seized Britishflagged oil tanker Stena Impero in the coming days ILNA reported

Azerbaijani Defense Minister Colonel General Zakir Hasanov on Tuesday met with the new appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland James Sharp the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Natia Turnava

Azerbaijani wrestler Mariya Stadnik 50 kg has won a license for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics Trend reports

Ablast killed 24 people and injured 31 others near an election rally held by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in central Parwan province on Tuesday a health official said