The Azerbaijani Ministry of Finance does not consider it necessary to premature pay off the loans of the International Monetary Fund. Finance Minister Samir Sharifov said that the Central Bank of Azerbaijan on schedule pays off IMF loans.

The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States will meet Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Luxembourg October 25-27, says the statement by the Co-Chairs, released at the official website of organization on Friday.

The mass poisoning of pupils at the school of the Sumgayit city is a serious warning to parents and teachers and all the people involved in education, Azerbaijani Education Minister Misir Mardanov said On Oct.24. Products of the Ukrainian Company Flint Night, which was distributed by the employees of 40 bulag 85 ltd at the secondary school No.38, have caused mass poisoning at the secondary school of Sumgayit, Azerbaijan city, Assistant to the Sumgayit City Prosecutor Ahmed Mammadov told Trend News.

Minister of Economy and Development of Turkmenistan Byashim Hodzhamammedov will participate at the forthcoming meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Istanbul (Turkey) on November 5-9. In those days, the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) will meet.