Russia & CIS

The price of the AZERI LT CIF oil produced at AzeriChiragGunashli block of oil and gas fields amounted to 6870 per barrel at Italian port of Augusta on Sept 17 which is 24 less than the previous price a source in Azerbaijans oil and gas market told Trend on Sept 18

The AzerbaijaniTajik forum on agribusiness is underway in the Baku Business Center Trend reports referring to Azerbaijans Agriculture Ministry Sept 18

Commanders of types of troops commanders of army corps and relevant officials gave a report to Azerbaijani Defense Minister Colonel General Zakir Hasanov on the progress of the largescale operationaltactical exercises launched on Monday the countrys Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday

The BakuTbilisiKars BTK railway is turning the countries of the region into an important transport and logistics center of the Eurasian space Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov said at a meeting with a Georgian delegation led by Georgian Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Turnava Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijan Railways CJSC

A twoyear project with a budget of 1111 million euros which is aimed at improving gender equality in Azerbaijan and is funded by the European Union EU and the United Nations Development Program UNDP is being implemented in the country Trend reports citing UNDP

BP as operator of the ACG contract sees itself as a technologybased company

Malaysia closed more than 1000 schools nationwide Wednesday and air quality worsened in Singapore days before the citys Formula One race as toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires engulfed the region AFP reported

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with David Nazar rector of the Pontifical Oriental Institute during his visit to the Holy See the Foreign Ministry told NewsAz

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 heavy machine guns the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Sept 18

Canberra is set to become the first major city outside of Europe to source 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources reports Trend referring to Reuters

Standing out with its projects aimed at increasing the education level of the country providing new opportunities for personal and professional development of the youth Azercell Telecom LLC announces Student Bursary Program for 2020 year It is worth to mention that more than 180 young people have been ordered the title of Azercell Bursars within this project carried out by the company each year since 2009

Southern Gas Corridor project which envisages transportation of Azerbaijani gas to Europe will bring needed diversification of supply to Europe the International Gas Union IGU told Trend

As part of his official visit to the Vatican Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher Secretary for Relations with States within the Holy Sees Secretariat of State

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