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  • Kazakhstan defeat India in volleyball tourney

    Kazakhstan defeated India 3-2 in the China International men's volleyball tournament here. Kazakhstan won 25-12, 23-25, 24-26, 25-20, 15-7 Wednesday, reports Xinhua. "Our team is so young that they didn't cooperate well and made mistakes, but I am satisfied with their performance," said Gilyazutdinov Rafael, assistant coach of Kazakhstan team. "Our setup was bad today and that is why we lost ...

  • China to buy gas from Turkmenistan

    China will import gas from the world's second largest gas reserve in the Central Asian republic of Turkmenistan. Kakageldy Abdullayev, CEO of Turkmenistan's national gas company Turkmengaz, said the Galkynysh field will be used to build up Turkmen gas exports to China. The field is expected to produce 25 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year for China, with Turkmenistan's total gas ...

  • China defeats Kazakhstan in mens volleyball tourney

    Chinese national men's volleyball team defeated Kazakhstan 3-0 at the China International Men's Volleyball Tournament here. China beat Kazakhstan 25-20, 25-23, 25-16 with little difficulty Tuesday, reports Xinhua. "My team consists of young players who didn't completely obey my order, so I'm very angry," said Gilyazutdinov Rafael, the assistant coach of Kazakhstan. "Although we won the game, ...

  • Anti-crisis strategy helped protect Azerbaijan from crisis – CBA head

    An effective anti-crisis strategy helped protect Azerbaijan from the 2007-2010 crisis, said the head of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) Elman Rustamov. "Over the past 10 years, Azerbaijan has made a major transformation, the economy has stabilized and tripled, the volume of per capita income reached USD 10,000. The country has a low rate of inflation," said E.Rustamov, ...

  • I dont think Azerbaijan has problem with athletes performing in hijab

    The Hilton Hotel in Baku has hosted a press conference devoted to holding 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Azerbaijan. "We looked at all the facilities, and I want to say that Azerbaijan is ready to host the Islamic Games. I think the representatives of all the sports delegations will be glad to see the infrastructure of Baku. I myself was pleasantly and surprised by what we saw," ...


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  • Zardusht Alizadeh calls for armed confrontation in Azerbaijan

    Active opposition is only carrying out "small parties" and voicing statements, political analyst Zardusht Alizadeh thinks. He told FaktXeber.com that they just do not have the capacity for more than that. "In this way, changes cannot be achieved," says the analyst, adding that to change the internal political system they must either "take up arms, or hold a meeting ...

  • Azerbaijan to send over 160 athletes to Islamic Games

    A press conference related to Islamic Games to take place in Azerbaijan in 2017 was held in Hilton Baku Hotel today. "Invitations have been sent out to 57 countries to participate," ...

  • Azerbaijan ready to increase peacekeepers in Afghanistan – official

    A total of 94 Azerbaijani peacekeepers serve in Afghanistan at the moment. The statement came from Vice Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Ziyafat Asgarov in an interview with ...

  • Kyrgyz government upbeat before grilling on economy

    By Gulnura Toralieva As the Kyrgyz government prepared for a rough ride when it reports to parliament on Thursday on its economic performance over the past year, First Deputy Prime Minister Joomart Otorbaev is accentuating the positive. In an interview for International War and Peace Reporting ahead of the May 23 parliamentary hearing, Otorbaev pointed out that the economy had grown, ...

  • Level of relations between Azerbaijan and Russia high - foreign minister

    In an exclusive interview with columnist of "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" Victoria Panfilova, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister spoke about the state of Russian-Azerbaijani relations, issues of the Karabakh conflict, and also answered a number of questions. "We, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, had a constructive exchange of views. If there is a need for our intervention ...

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