Azerbaijani MP Aydin Mirzazade considers that the book about Azerbaijan by Turgut Er was ordered by some individuals. "I can not take it as an initiative and one person's activity. The fact is that writing, time, efforts and energy, publication of the book, its representation in the Azerbaijani press require time and a lot of money. The individuals, standing behind Turgut Er, are interested in it, " he told Trend.

These days the Wikileaks website has disseminated materials ostensibly reflecting "some latent moments" of the meetings held by the USA officials with foreign heads of the states and representatives. The mentioned materials include some thoughts and judgments connected also with a meeting the President of the Azerbaijan Republic held with official representatives of the USA, AzerTaj state news agency reported.

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is meeting in Astana today and is expected to adopt a project on protracted conflicts, First General Political Affairs and Security Committee Vice Chairman Canan Kalsin told Trend. "The meeting will consider protracted conflicts, including Nagorno Karabakh," she said. "After the discussions, we plan to adopt a draft resolution on protracted conflicts in OSCE member states."

Azerbaijani diaspora wants OSCE to restore rights of Nagorno-Karabakh refugeesThe Union of Azerbaijani Diaspora Organizations in Kazakhstan has sent a statement to the participants of the OSCE summit in Astana demanding the restoration of the rights of refugees from Nagorno Karabakh, Chairman Vidadi Salahov told Trend. "The union, on behalf of the tens of thousands of refugees from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan residing in Kazakhstan, registered this appeal with the OSCE secretariat," he said.

Discussions of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at the OSCE summit in Astana will be an important step toward solving this problem, a Turkish MP told Trend today. "Discussions of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on such a very important meeting as the Astana summit indicate that this problem will be resolved sooner or later," Azerbaijan-Turkey Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Co-Chairman Mustafa Kabakci told Trend today over the phone.

Secretary General of the Youth Forum of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Elshad Isgandarov, who took part in the recent First World Congress of Azerbaijani Youth in Frankfurt, emphasized the need to actively participate in the international "Justice for Khojaly" campaign initiated by OIC Youth Forum on Intercultural Dialogue Coordinator Leyla Aliyeva.

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze today will leave for Astana to attend the OSCE Summit. The summit will be held Dec.1-2, but a part of the Georgian delegation is already in Astana, which is involved in preparatory works, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said. According to Kalandadze, a document on security is supposed to be adopted at the summit and for the Georgian side it is important that this document adequately reflected Georgia's interest.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday the country enters into talks on nuclear cooperation, refusing dialogue on Iran's nuclear rights, ISNA reported. Concerning Iran's certain nuclear rights he said, "the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) articles of association and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) specify rights of the member states including the right of access to fuel enrichment chain and fuel production.

Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev and Uzbek Defense Minister Kabul Berdiyev signed a military cooperation plan between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan for 2011, a source in governmental circles of Uzbekistan told Trend. Signing was held within the Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev's official visit to Uzbekistan.

BP Company plans to produce 42.1 million tons of light oil in 2010 under the project to develop the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) bloc of fields in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, BP Azerbaijan President Rashid Javanshir said at the news conference today.

The Baku Office of the Karabakh Foundation has announced an internship program in Europe and the CIS for Azerbaijani citizens with a higher education. The program will be implemented in two phases. During the first stage, a volunteer will take on a three-month internship in the Baku Office for Europe and the CIS. During the second phase, the individual will take on a three-month internship in Washington.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that the Turkmenistan-Iran railway will open next year, Mehr news agency reported. During the ceremony of commissioning the Iranian branch of the Turkmenistan-Iran gas pipeline, Ahmadinejad said there were projects between the two countries that would have a big impact on the economic situation in the region.