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  • Vice President Hamid Ansari leaves for a four-day official visit to Uzbekistan

    Vice President Hamid Ansari today left on a four-day visit to Uzbekistan during which the two nations will discuss issues of cooperation in counter-terrorism, Afghanistan and development projects in the region will come up for discussion. Ansari is travelling with a high-level delegation to Tashkent where he will meet Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov. Issues relating to Afghanistan will come ...

  • Azerbaijan to support Afghanistan after 2014

    Azerbaijan will continue support to Afghanistan even after 2014. The statement came from head of the Azerbaijani office in NATO Khazar Ibrahim. "Azerbaijan is among the eight partner countries that will stay in Afghanistan after 2014", he said. Ibrahim said that peacekeeping troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan after 2014 and all military as tasks will be laid, mainly, on ...

  • Azerbaijan is reliable US energy partner – envoy

    Azerbaijan is a reliable energy partner of the United States. The statement came from the US ambassador to Baku Richard Morningstar in an interview with ...

  • Azerbaijan probes reports on Spanish singer concert in Karabakh

    Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan has launched a probe over the recent reports by the Armenian media claiming that Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caball will give a concert in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan. The statement came from Foreign Ministry spokesperson Elman Abdullayev in an interview ...

  • Asia Markets Japan stocks rally after central-bank meet

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks stayed on course for a fresh multiyear high Wednesday after the country's central bank raised its economic outlook, even as it left other elements of the monetary policy ...


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  • Its possible to see historical and modern Azerbaijan at Heydar Aliyev Centre

    Chairman of the Uruguayan Parliament has visited the Heydar Aliyev Centre. On 21 May, a delegation led by Chairman of the Uruguayan Parliament German Cardoso visited the Heydar Aliyev Centre. The guests familiarized with the Heydar Aliyev Museum and viewed the conference and exhibition halls. The Uruguayan parliamentary chairman was informed about the museum which reflects the life and ...

  • The Republic Day of Azerbaijan marked in Houston - PHOTOS

    On 20 May, The Houston City Hall hosted a reception on the Day of the Republic of Azerbaijan. First hymns of the United States of America and Azerbaijan chanted. President of the Sister City Association Houston-Baku (HBSCA) Irada Akhundova welcomed the guests and spoke about the significance of the Republic Day of Azerbaijan, the historical ties between the U.S. and Azerbaijan, in particular, ...

  • Kyrgyzstan to Evict U.S. Base in 2014

    Bishkek, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Kyrgyzstan will rescind in 2014 the cooperation agreement with the United States on the exploitation of the Manas military base, used by the occupying forces of NATO in Afghanistan, the Executive reported today. The former air base was recently turned in Transit Center to supply U.S. units, and is controlled by the Pentagon since December 2001, after the invasion ...

  • Azerbaijan`s parliament speaker meets chair of GOPAC Board of Directors

    Chairman of the Milli Majlis, Azerbaijani parliament, Ogtay Asadov has met chairman of the Board of Directors of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC), senator Edgardo Angara. The Speaker said Mr. Angara`s visit will contribute to developing and strengthening the relations between Azerbaijan and ...

  • Azerbaijan awarded Russia no points - Jon Ola Sand

    "The millions of viewers in Europe and the contestants, who have put heart and soul into their performances, deserve a fair and transparent result," said Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, in response to media reports that question the integrity of the ...

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