Securing the pipeline between the oil fields of the Caspian Sea and Europe will be one of the major directions of further cooperation between NATO and Azerbaijan said NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at a joint press conference in Brussels on Wednesday, 15 January.
It should be noted that from Azerbaijan in the European direction has already been formed gas pipeline infrastructure that goes through Georgia and Turkey, through which it is pumped about 5 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
It will be extended to 2018 for the transportation of gas from Shah Deniz field in the amount of up to 30 billion cubic meters per year. -0 -
Politics
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Azerbaijan has enacted amendments to the law on perpetuation of the name of martyrs and benefits for their families, aiming to bolster support for military servicemen and those disabled in connection with the war.
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The Baku Administrative Court on Wednesday did not satisfy the complaint of ethnic Azeri activist Puya Purhemmeti, who fled Iran, against the refusal of the Azerbaijani Migration Service to grant him political asylum.
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The first Congress on French Colonization commenced today in Baku, supported by the People’s Union for the Freedom of Guadeloupe and the Baku Initiative Group. The two-day event gathers leaders from over 15 political parties and independence movements from Corsica, Melanesia, Polynesia, the Caribbean, and Antilles. Delegates from Dutch colonies Bonaire and Saint Martin are participating as guests of honor.
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The fourth meeting of the European Political Community will bring together leaders from across the continent on July 18 at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. The leaders will discuss further support for Ukraine, as well as shared challenges such of energy and connectivity, security and democracy, and migration.
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