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Georgian President carries on Turkey visit despite bicycle accident

April 10, 2013 16:06
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili arrived in Ankara on Tuesday to meet with President Abdullah Gul following talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul over the weekend. Saakashvili was welcomed by President Gul at Ankara Esenboga Airport before a tête-à-tête meeting with his Turkish counterpart, in which the leaders talked about bilateral ties and regional as well as international issues. Saakashvili has been paying an official visit to Turkey since April 6 for talks on bilateral issues.

Turkey should be given more active role in resolution of Karabakh question

April 10, 2013 16:05
Turkey should not be isolated from the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiation process between Azerbaijan and Armenia but should instead be a key actor, Azerbaijani politician Isa Gambar has stated. “The most important and effective peace project would be the one that includes Turkey,” said Gambar, the leader of the Equality Party, in an interview with Today's Zaman last week.

Georgia PM backs inquiry into president over 2008 war

April 10, 2013 10:00
Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili on Wednesday backed opening an inquiry into President Mikheil Saakashvili's handling of the brief war Tbilisi fought in August 2008 with Russia. The comments by the billionaire Ivanishivili -- in office since his party's parliamentary election win last year -- are set to ratchet up tensions in the uneasy cohabitation between the two men.

Quake hits Azerbaijani sector of Caspian Sea

April 9, 2013 17:10
Kamala Guliyeva; A quake hits the Caspian Sea. The Republic Center of Seismic Service of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) told APA that the quake was recorded in the Caspian Sea, 44 km south-east from Siyazan on April 9 at 03:51. The quake was not felt.

President Ilham Aliyev: “In the early years of independence, the share of private sector in Azerbaijan’s economy was zero, but today it makes 85%”

April 9, 2013 17:10
On April 8, the final working dinner was organized for the World Economic Forum (Davos Forum) in Baku, APA-Economics reports. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mrs. Aliyeva attended the event. Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab expressed his gratitude to the head of state for the excellent organization of the Baku forum. He noted that Azerbaijan has made a really big achievement under the leadership of President Aliyev.

Stefan Fule: “There is a need for progress in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict resolution process”

April 9, 2013 17:09
Victoria Dementeva; Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Mahmoud Mammadguliyev met with Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle in Brussels today. Commissioner stressed that domestic developments in Azerbaijan do have an impact on EU-Azerbaijani relations, APA reports quoting the EU press centre.

Defiant opposition boycotts Armenia leader's inauguration

April 9, 2013 11:35
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian on Tuesday took oath for a second term in a grand inauguration ceremony boycotted by the opposition who defiantly held a rival event of their own. Sarkisian won February elections in the ex-Soviet state but the second placed candidate Raffi Hovannisian alleged mass violations and still insists that he was the true victor.

Armenian opposition cries foul as president is re-installed

April 9, 2013 10:31
By Hasmik Mkrtchyan YEREVAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Armenians protested in Yerevan on Tuesday against the inauguration of President Serzh Sarksyan for a second term, alleging that his election had been fixed. Across town, Sarksyan said in his inauguration speech that developing the economy, ensuring the rule of law and deepening democracy were his top priorities, along with the peaceful resolution of a long-standing territorial dispute with Azerbaijan.

Ali Ahmadov: “The world community will not allow Armenians continuing their provocations”

April 5, 2013 13:34
Mubariz Aslanov; “Most international organizations, including OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs have issued tough statements that the opening of Khojaly airport will seriously damage the peace process in the South Caucasus.

Deputy PM makes public international drug trafficking routes through Azerbaijan

April 5, 2013 13:33
Kamala Guliyeva; “Nagorno Karabakh region occupied by Armenia is used as an uncontrolled area for drug trafficking, drug cultivation and transnational crimes,” said chairman of the State Commission on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov at the meeting today, APA reports. According to him, due to the occupation of 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s territories by Armenian armed forces, 132 km border of the country has become uncontrolled area. Hasanov said that three international routes for drug trafficking cross through the country.
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