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  • Azerbaijan works to return citizens detained in Iran

    Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry continues the coordination work to get released Azerbaijani scholar Khalida Khalid and her assistant Shamkhal Huseynov, who have been detained in Tabriz earlier. The statement came from spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan Elman Abdullayev at a press conference ...

  • China Tajikistan establish strategic partnership

    Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon at the signing of a joint announcement to establish a strategic partnership, after their talks in Beijing, capital of China, May 20, 2013. Photo: XinhuaChina and Tajikistan established a strategic partnership on Monday, pledging to boost bilateral cooperation.The announcement was made during talks held between ...

  • Large-scale operations launched in regions of Azerbaijan bordering Russia

    The operations are underway on north and north-west of Azerbaijan, APA reports. It involves bodies Azerbaijani and Russian law enforcement agencies. Posts have been created in Zaqatala, residents say. The police check both outgoing and incoming cars. Though Gakh Police Department confirmed the launch of operations, it declined to provide details citing its confidentiality. Guba Police ...

  • Iranian FM to trip to Azerbaijan

    Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi plans to visit Azerbaijan soon, Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan reports. Salehi had a telephone conversation with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov ...

  • Relations with Russia occupy important place in Azerbaijan’s foreign policy

    Ali Hasanov visits Astrakhan. Head of the Azerbaijani delegation arriving in Astrakhan for participation in ceremonies on occasion of the 90th jubilee of national leader, Heydar Aliyev, chief of the public policy department of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov met the governor of Astrakhan, Alexander Zhilkin on 20 May. Special correspondent of AzerTag, governor of the ...


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Vanishing Point [Blu-Ray]

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  • Russia was to get high score from Azerbaijan – chief of Public TV

    Director of the Public Television of Azerbaijan Jamil Guliyev made a statement on the calculation of Azerbaijani votes for Russia in Eurovision 2013 song contest? AzerTag reports. The statement says: "Russia is a country that has much in common with Azerbaijan-these are common interests, common human values and common history. Today, cultural and artistic ties of Azerbaijan and Russia ...

  • Russia multiplies gas routes to Europe

    By Vladimir Socor Russian President Vladimir Putin and Gazprom are announcing colossal plans to expand the capacities of existing gas export pipelines and build new ones, all in Europe beyond Russia's territory. Gazprom already co-owns and controls export pipeline capacities amounting to some 110 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year in Europe beyond Russia (Nord Stream One and Two, ...

  • Turkey-produced armored patrol vehicle to be presented in Azerbaijan

    Armored patrol vehicle Pit-Bull VX, newly produced by Turkish Katmerciler company, will be presented in Azerbaijan, company representative Ramazan Dincer told APA. The vehicle designed for police and patrol operations was produced at Ford-550 chassis. Its maintenance is easy: "Net weight – 7530 kg, Pit-Bull VX is designed to carry 9 persons (2+7). The vehicle can move at a speed of ...

  • Investments in Azerbaijans oil sector top $1.8bn in January-April

    Investments in Azerbaijan's oil sector amounted to AZN1,414,000,000 ($1,805,000,000 by the current exchange rate ) by results of January-April ...

  • Black Boxes Found Amid US Refueling Plane Debris in Kyrgyzstan

    BISHKEK, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Flight recorders from a US military plane that crashed in northern Kyrgyzstan in early May have been found, the republic’s Transport and Communication Ministry said on Monday. The Boeing KC-135 aerial refueling tanker, carrying three American crewmembers, crashed into a mountain ...

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