By 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
Georgian Patriarch thanks Azerbaijan
Patriarch-Catholicos of Georgia Ilya II and Director-General of SOCAR Energy Georgia Mahir Mammadov held a meeting. The sides discussed issues of cooperation at the meeting. Ilya II thanked SOCAR Energy Georgia for its support to the patriarchate for five years. The Georgian Patriarchate archpriest Giorgi Zviadadze said that the meeting
Speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament expresses condolences to Turkish counterpart
Chairwoman of the Milli Mаjlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova sent a letter of condolences to the speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Mustafa Shantop, Trend reports citing to the press and public relations department of the Milli Majlis. Sahiba Gafarova said that she deeply regrets the murder of
Azerbaijan successfully tests Turkish-made minesweepers
Turkish-made mine-clearing equipment supplied last week has passed all required tests in Azerbaijan, officials said on Wednesday. The Turkish National Defense Ministry said last week on Twitter that an air force cargo plane had departed for the Azerbaijani capital Baku with 20 units of mechanical minesweeping equipment. MEMATT (Mechanical Mine-Clearing
By 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
