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 “New large oil and gas fields expected to be explored in Azerbaijan in the next 3-5 years”, said President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev during his two-day visit to Britain, APA reports quoting ITAR-TASS. President Aliyev said in his speech at the Royal Institute of International Affairs that explored natural gas resources in Azerbaijan reached 2 trillion cubic meters, “There are enough reasons to say that this figure will reach 5 trillion cubic meters in near future due to the exploration of the new fields, which will make Azerbaijan’s gas resources enough for 100 years”. |
 The results of the incident in Azneftyag oil refinery of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) at Nobel Avenue in Baku are eliminated and exploitation of the installation caused a smoke is restored now. SOCAR press service told APA the incident occurred in the morning on July 14 in the atmosphere vacuum installation of the refinery’s 305th plant. |
 A fire blazed up in Azneftyag oil refinery at Nobel Avenue in Baku. Considerable number of firefighting vehicles arrived at site, APA correspondent reports.Refinery workers told APA the fire blazed up in the 305th plant of the refinery at 09.20. It was extinguished within 30 minutes. Firefighters prevented the extension of fire to other plants. |
 The number of influenza A/H1N1 cases in New Zealand climbed to 1779, a rise of more than 200 over the weekend, while the death cases remained seven, Xinhua reported. But the Ministry of Health said on Monday that the actual number of infection cases would be significantly higher as only a small proportion of people with symptoms were now being tested. |
 The Azerbaijani parliamentary first vice-speaker hopes for advance in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement after the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents' Moscow meeting. "I expect advance from the presidents' Moscow meeting," the first vice-speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament, Ziyafat Asgarov told journalists on July 13. |
 Search of two passengers of the helicopter MI-8, which crashed above the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea on July 12, is underway. Boats and drivers of the SOCAR Caspian maritime and oil float operate in the search, SOCAR said. Four of six suffered in the incident were rescued, while the search of two (Viktor Mostavenko Rafik Neymatov) is continuing. |
 The International parliamentary conference on European security is to launch in Kiev today. The CIS Interparliamentary council will hold a field meeting, the Kazakh senate said. The Kazakh Parliamentary delegation headed by Senate chairman, vise president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev will take part in this conference. |
 “Azerbaijan’s Minister of Industry and Energy Natig Aliyev addressed the summit in Ankara dedicated to the signing of intergovernmental agreement on Nabucco project. He congratulated the participants and said Baku is interested in the reliable transportation of its hydrocarbon resources to the world markets, APA correspondent reports from Ankara. He said Azerbaijan was supplying oil and gas in several directions now – via Baku-Ceyhan, Baku-Erzrum, Baku-Supsa and other routes and selling its energy resources not only to Georgia and Turkey, but to Russia, Iran and Greece as well. |
 A summit dedicated to the signing of intergovernmental agreement on Nabucco project kicked off in Ankara, Turkey on Monday with the screening of the documentary about the project, APA correspondent reports from the summit. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, hosting and moderating the event, said the project would provide reliable transportation of natural gas from the Caspian and Middle East, including Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Iraq and Egypt. |
 A report on Azerbaijan was heard in OSCE Permanent Council. Head of OSCE Office in Baku Ali Bilga Chankorel told APA. |
 The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) issued an official statement on helicopter crash on July 12. AZAL helicopter carrying the SOCAR workers crashed over the Azerbaijani sector of Caspian Sea at about a6.30 on July 12, SOCAR told APA-ECONOMICS. The helicopter crashed after takeoff from the fourth bloc of 28 May oil and gas production office in Chilov island to fly to the 13th bloc. |
 Sunny weather and southern wind is expected on July 13 in Baku and Absheron peninsula. The weather temperature will be +24…+27 C in the night, +35…+38 C in daytime. The water temperature on the Absheron beaches will be +26…+27C, senior hydrologist of National Hydrometeorology Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Asif Verdiyev told APA. The weather will be sunny on July 14, northern wind will replace with the southern in daytime. The weather temperature will be +21…+25 C in the night, +36…+38 C in daytime and it will reach 40 C in some places. |
 Under the mandate of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the contact line of troops near Afatli village of Azerbaijan’s Aghdam region will be monitored on July 15. Azerbaijani Defense Ministry’s press service told APA that field assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Jiri Aberleh and Peter Key will conduct the monitoring in Azerbaijani side. |
 Russian foreign ministry issued a statement on the visit of Azerbaijani and Armenian delegations, including Azerbaijani and Armenian ambassadors to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu and Armen Smbatyan, special representative of the Russian president for international cooperation, ambassador at large Mikhail Shvidkoy to Yerevan, Baku and Khankendi on July 3, 2009. |
 A ceremony of signing the Nabucco gas pipeline project, which will deliver natural gas from the Caspian countries and other unspecified sources to Europe bypassing Russia and Nabucco Summit will take place on Monday in Ankara, Turkey. |
 Armenian armed forces violated ceasefire again. The enemy units fired on the opposite positions of Azerbaijani Army from the posts near Marzili Village of Azerbaijan’s Aghdam Region at 11.10-11.20 on July 12, from the posts in uplands of Azerbaijan’s Goygol Region at 14.00-14.15 with machine and submachine guns. |
 Azerbaijan Air Lines (AZAL), State Oil Company, Ministry of Emergency Situations and General Prosecutor’s Office released official report on the helicopter crash over the Caspian Sea. According to APA, AZAL Mi-8 helicopter crashed over the Caspian Sea after the takeoff from the 4th bloc in the island of Chilov at about 16.30 on July 12. There were three crew members and three workers on board. |
 On July 10, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg, press service of the President told APA. The successful development of US-Azerbaijan bilateral relations was emphasized and the issues of mutual interests were discussed at the meeting. |
 Chairman of the Parliament Committee on Regional Affairs Arif Rahimzadeh and Chairman of the Parliament Committee on Legal Policy and State-Building Ali Huseynov will leave on July 12 for Kiev, Ukraine to attend the CIS Parliamentary Assembly events. |
 Turkmenistan is prepared to supply gas to the European pipeline project Nabucco, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said Friday in a report carried by the national news agency, APA reports quoting Interfax. "Turkmenistan, consistent with the principles of diversifying its energy transport network on world markets, is considering all existing possibilities to participate in major international projects, as for example the Nabucco project," he said. |
 The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill by a vote of 29 to 1. APA reports quoting Panarmenian.net as saying that the Bill provides $30 million for Armenia, which is $18 million less than the FY 2009 level. |
 Press service of the White House reveals details of the Basic Principles for settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. APA US Bureau reports that the fact sheet issued by the Press Service of the White House reveals the main essence of the principles proposed by the foreign ministers of the US, France, and Russia in November 2007 in Madrid. |
 The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, James Steinberg, will discuss proposals of Azerbaijani-U.S cooperation in Baku. Steinberg will hold talks with the Azerbaijani leadership to discuss urgent issues of bilateral cooperation, as well as regional and international issues, during a short-term visit to Baku on July 10-11, attaché of the U.S embassy to Azerbaijan, Dmitry Tarahovsky, told Trend News on July 10. |
 Leaders from rich nations at the G8 summit in Italy will commit $15 billion over three years to spur agricultural investment in poorer countries and combat hunger, a final draft statement seen by Reuters said. |
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