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 Exporting Azerbaijani gas to the European Union remains a priority, considering that the market of the EU countries are the markets where the gas price is determined concretely on the market, a senior representative of SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) said. |
 Trend News Persian Desk's interview with the Nobel Peace Prize 2003 Laureate, human rights activist Shirin Ebadi |
 Work on the performance of a feasibility study for the proposed Trans-Caspian Project can be started in the second half of 2009, said Kairgeldy Kabyldin, President of KazMunaiGaz, the national company of Kazakhstan. |
 Bulent Aliriza, the Director and Senior Associate, Turkey project at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), interviewed by APA’s US bureau |
 Azerbaijan’s Deputy Interior Minister, Lieutenant-General Oruj Zalov interviewed by APA -What made it necessary to amend the law on “Police”? |
 Russia, of course, will seek to strengthen and expand its influence in the Caucasus, but it will not hardly to lead to new military actions in the region, experts believe. "Russia strives for more influence in the Caucasus, but I do not think that the most powerful forces in Russia today want another military conflict in the region," American Expert on Georgia Henry Hale said. |
 Experts argue despite privileges of establishment of a customs union involving Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, it is unlikely to take effect by early 2010. "I am not sure, if the custom union between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus will be realized up to January 2010, because there are some difficulties in the relations between Russia and Belarus," European expert on Russia Stefan Meister said. |
 The establishment of a Customs Union within the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus may hinder apprehension of the post-Soviet space be under the direct influence of Russia, Director of the Center of the Russia-Eurasia Council on Foreign Policy of Germany Alexander Rahr said. |
 Azerbaijani Authoritative Representative to European Court Chingiz Asgarov spoke with Trend News in an exclusive interview. Trend News: What is the last situation with the Azerbaijani complaints at the European Court? |
 Trend Capital: What kind of work for reconstruction of railways is scheduled for this year? Arif Askarov: The State Railway Office (SRO) of Azerbaijan, which is one of the main structures of the transport systems experiences development stage. |
 The Georgian opposition's confusion during the negotiations with President Mikheil Saakashvili turned into the government's advantage over the rivals, and this meeting will not seriously influence on a political situation in the country. |
 The first results of the six-party political dialogue within the framework of the Roadmap on the settlement of the conflict will be known at Prague meeting of presidents. For the first time after the Key West talks, so much intensity is observed in the negotiations on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. |
 53 political parties have been officially registered in Azerbaijan. The names of the great majority of these parties are not familiar even to politicians. Most of the parties registered in Justice Ministry do not obey their Regulations, they do not even hold congresses. |
 Nasir Hamidi Zare, Iran's ambassador to Azerbaijan whose office has recently terminated, spoke in an exclusive interview with Trend News Persian Desk. |
 Trend News European Desk exclusive interview with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Ušackas on the threshold of his visit to Azerbaijan scheduled for the beginning of April. Question: You are scheduled to visit Azerbaijan in April. What issues do you plan to discuss in Baku? |
 Turkey's International Strategic Research Organization says though Armenian issue will be discussed during U.S. President's visit to Turkey, Ankara will not compromise and open borders with Armenia. "U.S. and Turkey will discuss Armenian issue. |
 On March 11, Tehran hosted the 10th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). The Tehran meeting coincided with a period of global changes in the world and served as a field for joint efforts of the ECO member countries to ensure peace and stability in the region. The discussions involved all ECO countries and representatives of influential international organizations. |
 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks in an interview with news agencies in Azerbaijan Q: Mr. Lavrov, which issues will be discussed during the Baku talks? |
 Interview of Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Political Analysis and Information Department Director Elnur Aslanov with RIA Novosti. Question: A campaign for a referendum on amendments and additions to the Azerbaijani Constitution has been launched. The referendum to be held on March 18 was initiated by the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP). What are the objectives of this initiative? |
 Azerbaijan ranks 61st for the gender equality worldwide, according to the World Economic Forum 2008 report. Azerbaijan dropped from 59th place in 2007 to 61 in 2008. Norway, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, New Zealand, Philippines, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands and Latvia are top ten countries, the report says. |
 SOCAR Vice President for Refinery, Davud Mammadov, spoke with Trend Capital in an exclusive interview: Trend Capital: Recently the reduction in the black oil production in the refineries of SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic) in January 2009 caused bewilderment in some media outlets. What is the reason for reduction? |
 An ordinary Azerbaijani audience got in difficulty and was forced to watch only pulp show programs of local TV channels after the ban of Russian and Turkish TV channels in Azerbaijani territory. Satellite and cable televisions coming forward recently created difficulties for the local channels, which are stuffing its air with the non-competitive programs. |
 - How is military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Estonia? Are you satisfied with the current level of cooperation?. - Our defence related contacts with Azerbaijan have been good and open-minded, however not many defence related co-operation projects have taken place after signing our Memorandum of Understanding in 2008. |
 “There are some OSCE states which do not restrict the number of times presidents can be re-elected” - How do you estimate the situation of human rights in Azerbaijan? - As a participating State of the OSCE, Azerbaijan agreed to implement OSCE commitments in the field of human rights and democracy |
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