Category: Politics

The 49th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was held in Nouakchott on March 16-17, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry told Trend. According to the ministry, an Azerbaijani delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Fariz Rzayev represented the country at the session. Rzayev expressed condolences over the powerful earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria resulting in heavy casualties. Touching upon the floods in Pakistan and Chad, the deputy minister said that Azerbaijan is ready to support the efforts of the OIC to address this crisis situation. Rzayev also highlighted the normalization process between Armenia

Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Fariz Rzayev was on a working visit to Mauritania on March 16-17 to participate in the 49th session of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Trend reports citing Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. During the visit, Deputy Minister Rzayev met with Foreign Minister of Mauritania Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug, Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso Olivia Ruamba, Director General of the Islamic Organization for Food Safety Yerlan Baidaulet, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Oman for Diplomatic Affairs Sheikh Khalifa bin Ali Bin Isa al Harty, as well as with the

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Morocco Nazim Samadov presented ISESCO Director General Salim al-Malik with a letter of accreditation as a permanent representative of this organization, Azerbaijan’s embassy told Trend. The ambassador conveyed the greetings of the head of the Azerbaijani state to the Director General of ISESCO and expressed gratitude for the contribution to the cooperation between Azerbaijan and ISESCO. Samadov noted that in the course of his diplomatic activity he would spare no effort to further expand and deepen Azerbaijan’s ties with this organization. Source: Trend News Agency

President of the Republic of Türkiye, Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan received a delegation led by the Deputy Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party, Head of the Central Office Tahir Budagov at the AK Party’s Central Headquarters in Ankara, the New Azerbaijan Party told Trend. Welcoming the delegation, President Erdogan noted that relations between the two fraternal countries were exemplary and developing successfully. He stressed that the delegation’s visit to Türkiye has an important moral and political significance and serves as an example of friendship and brotherhood. The Turkish president expressed gratitude

Following the instructions of Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, the officers and civil servants of the Department for Ideological Work and Moral-Psychological Support of the Main Department for Personnel conducted planned psychological support activities for military personnel in training military units, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend. As part of the events, group and individual psychological support activities were carried out for young soldiers who had just been called up for military service, in order to adapt them to the service conditions and protect their psychological health. In addition, educational talks were held in the field of

SINGAPORE— The introductory visit of Chief of Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Admiral Abdul Rahman Ayob to Singapore underscores the warm and long-standing bilateral defence relationship between the two countries, said Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (Mindef). In its website, Mindef said Abdul Rahman was in Singapore for three days from March 5 where he called on the republic’s Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen on Tuesday. During their meeting, Dr Ng and Abdul Rahman reaffirmed the importance of maintaining strong ties between the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and RMN, and discussed defence cooperation on common security challenges in the

BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 2. Indian low-cost flight operator “IndiGo” plans to operate flights to Uzbekistan, Trend reports via the Uzbek media. The matter was discussed between the representatives of the airline with Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Transport. Due to the growing flow of tourists between the countries, the Indian air carrier expressed interest in carrying out the first flight from India to Uzbekistan, in 2H2023. Following the discussions, the Indian side expressed readiness in the nearest future to pay a visit to Uzbekistan, to complete the negotiation process. IndiGo is the largest private airline in India, headquartered in Delhi, that started

The Biden administration official with direct responsibility for the U.S. Army laid out in surprising detail this week a multi-pronged strategy for deterring, and if necessary, prevailing in any future war with China. “I personally am not of the view that an amphibious invasion of Taiwan is imminent,” U.S. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth told an audience at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on Monday. “But we obviously have to prepare, to be prepared to fight and win that war.” Elements of the plan include placing more troops in Asia and arming them with upgraded equipment, including ship-to-shore vessels