Russia & CIS

Turkish security forces neutralized two PKK terrorists in Bitlis province the interior ministry said Tuesday Anadolu Agency reported

Azerbaijan has not applied to the Collective Security Treaty Organization CSTO for any status and no discussions are held on this topic Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Affairs of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev said Trend reports

The Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers may meet in late September as part of the session of the UN General Assembly to be held in New York Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Affairs of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev said at a seminar on the signing of the Contract of the Century Trend reports on Sept 17

A cancer survivor has become the first person to swim across the English Channel four times in a row BBC News reported

The price of the AZERI LT CIF oil produced at AzeriChiragGunashli block of oil and gas fields amounted to 7110 per barrel at Italian port of Augusta on Sept 16 which is 736 more than the previous price a source in Azerbaijans oil and gas market told Trend on Sept 17

Azerbaijan has been recognized in the international energy market as a reliable partner Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Affairs of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev said Trend reports on Sept 17

On 18 September 2019 the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE ChairpersoninOffice in accordance with its mandate plans to conduct the next ceasefire monitoring exercise on the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenain troops

In line with the plan the tasks on troop actions are being worked out on maps during another stage of the largescale operationaltactical exercises of the Azerbaijani army the countrys Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday

The leaders of Turkey Russia and Iran stressed a strong commitment to Syrias sovereignty in a joint statement following a trilateral meeting on Syria according to Anadolu Agency

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline TAP project which envisages transportation of Azerbaijani gas to Europe is 893 percent complete Trend reports citing TAP AG consortium

One of the ways to reduce the negative impact of vehicles on the environment is to increase the use of environmentally friendly cars Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Rauf Hajiyev told reporters in Baku

The current record for climbing the worlds 14 tallest peaks is almost eight years Nepali climber Nirmal Purja who served in the British special forces has a target of seven months AFP reports

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 22 times the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Sept 17

Ukrainian Yevhenii Aranovskiy will referee a game between Qarabag and Sevilla in the Matchday 1 of the UEFA Europa League group stage

Ankara is ready to start an operation against Kurdish militia in a safe zone in northeastern Syria within two weeks if no specific measures are taken there jointly with the United States Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sputnik reported

In the framework of his official visit to The Holy See Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin Secretary of State the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told APA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited US President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August amid stalled denuclearization talks a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday citing diplomatic sources Trend reports citing Reuters

On September on 2019 a telephone conversation is held between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and the deputy state secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation Krystyna Marty Lang the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan told APA

Vice President of the Republic of Turkey Fuat Oktay has today ended his official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan Trend reports on Sept16

Three people have tragically died in a road accident in Ararat Province of Armenia