Russia & CIS

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

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