Russia & CIS

Azerbaijan is Georgias fourth largest foreign trade partner with the bilateral trade between the two countries totaling 9327 million in JanuaryNovember of 2019 Georgias National Statistics Service said AZERTAC reported

Azerbaijan has become the 46th state to have ratified the Convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse Lanzarote Convention said a statement from the Council of Europe

Azerbaijans Prime Minister Ali Asadov has met with Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Mustafa Sentop AZERTAC reported

An Azerbaijani delegation led by Chief of the State Migration Service Vusal Huseynov has participated in the First Global Refugee Forum in Geneva coorganized by UNHCR the UN Refugee Agency and the Government of Switzerland

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 20 times using sniper rifles the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Dec 20

New Zealand Minister for Energy and Resources and Minister for Climate Change urged kiwis to have their say on two important environmentalrelated policy decisions to switch New Zealand to full renewable energy and solve the challenge of climate change Xinhua reported

Two volunteer Australian firefighters died while battling blazes around Sydney authorities said on Friday forcing Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut short a vacation in Hawaii as temperatures were again set to soar Reuters reported

On December 19 the meetings were held at Azerbaijani Parliament with Needs Assessment Mission NAM of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights ODIHR having arrived on a visit to Azerbaijan in regard with the early parliamentary election press service of Azerbaijani parliament told APA

The webcamera practice has been used time and again in many elections already said Mazahir Panahov Chairman of Central Election Commission APA reports

Leading mobile operator of Azerbaijan Azercell Telecom jointly with the foremost bank in the region International Bank of Azerbaijan has launched a special cobranded card for their customers This card enables its holder to earn 1 point for every 1 AZN paid via cashless payments with a chance of converting them to onnet minutes or megabytes To take advantage of this feature one should send SMS with the relevant keyword to 2937 short number

Major General Namig Poladov and Major General Mubariz Rzayev were appointed to the positions of Chief of the Defense Industry Department of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense and Chief of the TrainingEducational Center of the Armed Forces respectively upon the decrees of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan CommanderinChief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev the Defense Ministry reported on Thursday

The visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Azerbaijan can be assessed as a new stage in KievBaku relations and the beginning of more successful cooperation Ruslan Stefanchuk First Deputy Chairman of Ukraines Verkhovna Rada told Report agency

Cuba is to resurrect the position of prime minister in a parliamentary session at the end of the week with President Miguel DiazCanel nominating a candidate to the post which has remained dormant for more than 40 years AFP reported

Tools used by Facebook and others to transfer EU data abroad are legal an adviser to Europes top court said on Thursday urging privacy watchdogs to act when required in a case involving the US firm and Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems Reuters reported

Heads of the diplomatic corps in Azerbaijan have attended a reception dedicated to results of 2019

Azerbaijans national team will compete at the 6th Weightlifting International Cup to be held in Qatar from December 19 to 24 AZERTAC reported

At least six people were killed and dozens trapped after a gold mine collapsed in Nigerias Plateau state Anadolu Agency reported

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has chaired a meeting on the results of cottongrowing season and the measures to be taken in 2020

Under the instructions of Azerbaijani Defense Minister Colonel General Zakir Hasanov a number of events was held in all types of troops of the Azerbaijan Army Combined Arms Army Army Corps formations special militaryeducational institutions to commemorate national leader Heydar Aliyev

German Public Television MDR has released information and broadcasted a documentary about Armenian mafia activity in Germany