Tag: azerbaijan
Azerbaijan lawmakers call for parliament dissolution, early elections
Baku: Azerbaijan’s lawmakers have asked the country’s president to dissolve the parliament and to call for parliamentary elections. “During the plenary session of the parliament on Monday, deputy chairperson Bahar […]
Malaysia, Azerbaijan agree to boost cooperation
Baku: Malaysia and Azerbaijan have agreed to strengthen their bilateral ties, especially in the energy and tourism sectors. Malaysia’s Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev reached […]
Quota for employment of foreigners in Azerbaijan half filled: Official
Baku: Up to half of the quota imposed by Azerbaijan for foreign recruitment has already been filled, a state official has said. The government had set a quota of 6,800 […]
Azerbaijan to host IATA conference on safety, flight operations
By Habib Toumi Baku: Safety and flight operations will be the main topic to be discussed at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) conference to be held next year in […]
Baku says reports about delivering Israeli drones to Azerbaijan to attack Iraq, Iran are false
Baku: Azerbaijan has reiterated its rejection of claims that it had received drones from Israel to be used in attacks on Iraqi and Iranian targets. “We note with regret that […]
Central Asia’s widening religious tolerance highlighted as Feast of Sacrifice celebrated
Almost 30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union that had often denounced religion as an enemy of Communism, former member states celebrated the Islamic “Feast of Sacrifice” […]
Azerbaijan abolishes visa requirements for visiting Turkish citizens
Baku: Azerbaijan has removed the visa requirement for Turkish citizens, both countries have said. Currently, Turkish citizens can apply for a visa at airports in Azerbaijan. In Baku, the […]
Two Azeri soldiers killed in accidental explosion
Baku: Two soldiers were killed and one was injured after a tank shell exploded at a military base in Azerbaijan on Saturday, the Azeri ministry of defense said in a statement. […]
Railway line of Azerbaijani and Iranian Astara to start operating in March
Chairman of CJSC Azerbaijani Railways (ADY) Javid Gurbanov has received Said Mohammadzade, Deputy Minister of Roads & Urban Development of Iran and President of Iranian Railways, abc.az reports. ADY reports […]
Turkey eyes trilateral format with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
Turkey is working to create an Azerbaijan-Turkey-Kazakhstan trilateral format, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. According to the minister, trilateral formats created by Turkey in the Caucasus and Balkan […]