By Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will pay a visit to Azerbaijan on 13 April. The two-day visit has an intensive agenda. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev are scheduled to have two meetings. One of them will take place right after Aleksandr Lukashenko’s arrival in Baru. In the
Azerbaijan protests at Human Rights Watch report
Azerbaijan’s Committee against Torture has protested against the Human Rights Watch’s claims alleging that Azerbaijan does not treat POWs in accordance with the Geneva Conventions, news sources have reported. “We regret to state that the latest report of this organization, which refers to the cruel treatment of Armenian prisoners of
Azerbaijani youth stage protest rally before Armenian embassy in Georgia
A group of young Azerbaijanis is staging a “silent” protest before the Armenian embassy in Georgia, Tbilisi.The rally protested the recent attempts and provocations by Armenia against Azerbaijan in the direction of the Tovuz region. The youth wearing t-shirts with the slogans in English, “End to Armenian terror!”, “End to
Azerbaijan’s Innovation Center talks on activities to support local startup ecosystem
The Innovation Center of Azerbaijan, together with other organizations, is conducting various events to support them in bringing the number of countrywide start-up projects to 500. According to the source, the center annually holds more than 10 hackathons (forums for developers, during which specialists from different areas of software development
Azerbaijan’s National Assembly approves passport-free travel with Turkey
Azerbaijan’s National Assembly approved agreements Monday allowing passport-free travel between Azerbaijan and Turkey and the establishment of a joint media platform between the two countries. At the first meeting of the spring session of Azerbaijan’s parliament, lawmakers discussed a memorandum of understanding between the two countries on strategic cooperation in
Coca-Cola to build plant in Azerbaijan
The representative office of Coca-Cola company in Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan Coca-Cola Bottlers LLC and the country’s Ministry of Economy signed a Memorandum of Understanding, Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov wrote on Twitter, Trend reports. In accordance with the agreement, one of the world’s largest Coca-Cola companies will build its plant
One of sections of Baku-Georgia highway improved
Work to improve the Baku-Ganja section to the first technical degree on the 503 kilometers of the Baku-Alat-Gazakh-Georgia state border highway has been completed, the State Agency of Azerbaijan Automobile Roads told Trend. According to the agency, work is being successfully continued to expand the road to four lanes on
Azerbaijan, Japan discuss tourism cooperation
Azerbaijan and Japan have agreed to work together to strengthen cooperation in the tourism sector as Azerbaijani ambassador Gursel Ismayilzade met with President of the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) Tadashi Shimura. The Azerbaijani ambassador hailed Azerbaijan-Japan relations as fruitful, noting great potential for developing cooperation in tourism and
MP: For the first time, Azerbaijan to attend PACE session as a country that has restored its territorial integrity
The philosophy of Azerbaijan’s participation and membership in the Council of Europe has changed, Samad Seyidov, MP, Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), told News.Az. Azerbaijani MPs are due to take part in the PACE winter session scheduled for January 24-29.
Azerbaijan signs co-op roadmap on Lapis Lazuli corridor with Turkmenistan, Afghanistan
Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan have signed a roadmap for cooperation on the Lapis Lazuli transit and transport corridor, Turkmenistan Foreign Ministry reported on its official website. The signing of the roadmap followed a trilateral online meeting of the heads of the interagency group of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan. The group
