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 A direct flight will open between Cairo and Baku soon, Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad al-Orabi said in Baku on Oct. 22. "Direct air flight between Egypt and Azerbaijan will open a new stage in the development of economic relations between the two countries," al-Orabi said.
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 Mexico is interested in cooperation with Azerbaijan in the energy sector, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon said at the meeting with the Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico Ilgar Mukhtarov. Expressing his interest in Azerbaijan's energy policy, Calderon noted the importance of expanding cooperation in all spheres, the Azerbaijani embassy in Mexico told Trend News.
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 Azerbaijani and Armenian MPs have decided to continue intensive meetings to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh problem. "During Moscow's talks, the sides said that similar talks can be held in Baku, Yerevan and even in the neutral territory in future," MP Sabir Hajiyev told Trend News on Oct, 23.
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 The Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport proposed to extend the second international transport corridor within the CAREC from its passing through Georgia to Turkey and Europe at the eighth ministerial conference within the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC).
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 Russia has agreed to a proposal by the U.N. nuclear watchdog to help reduce Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday, Reuters reported.
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 Azerbaijani insurance company A-Qroup has become the third company, participating in International Finance Corporation (IFC) pilot program corporate management in Azerbaijan in its second phase, IFC said. The project assists in sustainable development of local companies. Under the program the IFC will access practice of corporate governance at insurance companies and enable to adjust to international practice.
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 Georgian Azerbaijanis are concerned about religious interference of the Georgian government. In the village of Fahrali of Bolnisi district and in several villages in Gardabani region of Georgia, densely populated by the Azerbaijanis, some non-governmental organizations in the country prevents the restoration of old mosques and the local authorities are powerless in this regard, the chairman of the Caucasus Research Center Kamran Ramazanli told reporters on Oct. 23.
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 Restoration of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey can not cause Yerevan's unconstructive position in the negotiation process on the Nagorno-Karabakh, International Crisis Group' Europe Program Director Sabine Freizer believes.
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 The presidents of Kazakhstan and Turkey on Thursday signed a strategic partnership agreement, with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev suggesting that the two countries were already strategic partners even before the signing of the deal, Today's Zaman reported.
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 A strong earthquake centered in the towering Hindu Kush mountains shook a wide area of eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan early Friday, swaying buildings in the Afghan and Pakistani capitals, AP reported.
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