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Azerbaijani Minister of Defence visits Lithuania

Azerbaijani Minister of Defence, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov has paid an official visit to Lithuania. Mr. Hasanov has met his Lithuanian counterpart Juozas Olekas. They discussed issues on regional security, development ...

Armenia violated ceasefire with Azerbaijan 738 times in June

Armenian armed forces violated ceasefire with Azerbaijan 738 times on the various parts of the frontline in June 2015. According to the results of the APA’s monitoring based on the ...

Duration of traffic restrictions on European Games lanes in Baku extended

The duration of traffic restrictions on the European Games lanes in Baku has been extended for 10 days. Drivers can use the Game lanes in accordance with road signs and ...

Minister: Azerbaijani president’s remarks “Let they get away from our lands. If an Armenian soldier doesn ‘t want to die, let him not go to Aghdam, Fuzuli” – order for armed forces

One more military unit, constructed by the order of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, has been inaugurated. The ministry leadership attended the opening of a ...

Vice-president of Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva meets Russian students

Vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, chairperson of the Azerbaijani Youth Organization of Russia (AYOR) Leyla Aliyeva has met Russian students who are visiting Azerbaijan, APA reports. The students, who ...

Azerbaijani president confers high special ranks on interior ministry officers

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on conferring high special ranks on three officers of the Interior Ministry. Under the order, police General Major Ismat Rashid oghlu Aliyev ...

ICRC representatives meet with Dilgam Asgarov and Shahbaz Guliyev

Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Dilgam Asgarov and Shahbaz Guliyev who were taken hostage by Armenians in occupied Kalbajar district. The visit took place ...

Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry condemns terrorist attack on Egypt ‘s attorney general

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has issued a statement to condemn the terrorist attack, committed against Attorney General of the Arab Republic of Egypt Mr. Hisham Barakat. The statement says: “The Republic ...

US Ambassador to Azerbaijan visits Council on State Support to NGOs

US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Robert Cekuta, head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Robert Lopez and Advisor on Political Affairs of the US Embassy Daniel Slusher attended ...

Mehriban Aliyeva: Azerbaijan once again demonstrated its power to world

Azerbaijan once again demonstrated its power to the world through successful organization of the Baku 2015 first European Games. Each victory of the independent Azerbaijan is based on President Ilham ...