A group of two warships of the Russian Caspian Flotilla under the flag of the Commander Vice-Admiral Sergey Alekminsky came to the port of Baku on 12 August, the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Defense Ministry.
Two Russian warships – the missile ship Dagestan and the small artillery ship Volgodonsk entered the port of Baku yesterday on an unofficial visit for the development and strengthening of cooperation between the Azerbaijan and Russian Navy on the Caspian Sea.
Arrival of the Russian ships confined to the working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Azerbaijan.
According to the results of the upcoming talks they will sign a package of bilateral documents, including the Comprehensive Plan for Cooperation between the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia and Azerbaijan. In addition, agreement could be signed in the field of transport and energy. -16V06-
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory message to Czech President Petr Pavel on the occasion of the Czech Republic’s National Day. In the letter, President Aliyev expressed warm wishes on behalf of himself and the people of Azerbaijan, extending his sincerest congratulations and best wishes to the Czech leader and the nation.
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An appeals court in Baku has upheld the administrative arrest of the Party of People's Front of Azerbaijan (PPFA) activist Tehran Abdullayev in a drug use case.
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The United States and European allies have joined calls from observers for a full probe into reports of election-related violations in Georgia, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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