Russia & CIS

As of now there is no need in holding an urgent meeting of OPEC because of the recent events in Saudi Arabia Azerbaijani Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov said at a press conference at the headquarters of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party Trend reports

On 1819 September 2019 Vladimir Gjorgjiev Chief of Mission of the IOM AzerbaijanUN Migration Agency participated at the workshop Inclusion of vulnerable groups in Disaster Risk Reduction organised and hosted by the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan in cooperation with the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement EUROPA of the Council of Europe and UNICEF Baku Office

Azerbaijani Paralympic athletes will contest medals at the IBSA Judo Grand Prix to be held in Tashkent Uzbekistan on September 2324

Electricity production in Azerbaijan over eight months of 2019 amounted to more than 15 billion kilowatthours Azerbaijani Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov said at a press conference at the headquarters of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party Trend reports

Azerbaijans National Department of Environmental Monitoring under the Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources conducted regular inspections in September 2019 to determine the state of pollution of the transboundary rivers of Kura and Araz as well as their tributaries expert Gulnara Abbasova told Trend

According to forecasts by 2021 oil production in Azerbaijan will reach approximately 39 million tons per year Azerbaijans Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov said at a press conference at the headquarters of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party Trend reports Sept 19

The work on the preparation of Bakus General Plan is underway according to the plan Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture

As many as 740 million tons of oil have been extracted in Azerbaijan over the past 25 years including eight months of this year that is since the signing of the contract on the AzeriChiragGunashli ACG block of oil and gas fields in the Caspian Sea in 1994 Azerbaijans Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov said at a press conference at the headquarters of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party Trend reports Sept 19

Azerbaijani oil price has decreased on the world markets

An opening ceremony of the Representation Office of the Turkic Council was held in Budapest Sept 19

Over the past years positive development dynamics have been observed in trade and economic relations between Azerbaijan and China President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Azerbaijan Niyaz Alizade said at the opening ceremony of the 5th exhibition of goods of the Silk Road countries Trend reports

Police in Athens on Thursday removed over 200 migrants including dozens of children from two squats in the city centre as part of a clean up drive by the new conservative government AFP reported

Azerbaijan closely cooperates in the political and economic spheres with each of the Caspian littoral states which is an important factor for ensuring mutual security and trust in the Caspian Sea region said Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Special Representative of the Azerbaijani President for border and Caspian Sea issues Khalaf Khalafov Trend reports

On London ICE InterContinental Exchange Futures cost of the Brent crude oil increased 014 to trade at 6374 while the price of Light crude oil at the NYMEX New York Mercantile Exchange rose 017 to stand at 5828

The fifth exhibition of goods of the Silk Road countries has opened in Baku Trend reports

About 1000 homes were inundated in Russias Khabarovsk Region during the flood season regional Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Litvinchuk who is in charge of public utilities said at a regional government meeting Trend with reference to TASS reports

The amount of Azerbaijans investments to the foreign countries reached almost 24 billion over the past 25 years Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR

Thousands of schools were shuttered across Malaysia and Indonesia Thursday affecting at least 17 million pupils officials said as toxic haze from rampant forest fires sent air quality plummeting AFP reported

In accordance with the plan of the Azerbaijani armys largescale exercises the interaction of troops was carried out on the terrain model board upon completion of the area reconnaissance the countrys Defense Ministry told AzVisionaz