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Azerbaijani President notes importance of expanding Azerbaijan-Turkey military cooperation

11 March 2014, 14:50

Baku, Azerbaijan, March 11 Trend: President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received a delegation led by Turkish Land Forces Commander General...

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Azerbaijan Railways starts overhauling lines at main railway station (PHOTO)

11 March 2014, 13:29

Baku, Azerbaijan, March 11 By Emil Ismayilov - Trend: Azerbaijan Railways started overhauling an 800 metre section of Balajari station, in Baku, according to the statement. The repair of one set of railway points has...

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Armenia expands policy of genocide, terror, ethnic cleansing

11 March 2014, 12:51

Baku, Azerbaijan, March 11 By Ilkin Izzet - Trend: Armenia is expanding its policy of genocide, terror, ethnic cleansing and violating international norms of humanitarian law committed against prisoners and hostages,...

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SOUTH CAUCASUS

Georgian and Russian negotiators' meeting postponed again

11 March 2014, 15:05

Tbilisi, Georgia, March 11 By Nana Kirtzkhalia - Trend: A meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister's Special Representative for Russian-Georgian relations Zurab Abashidze and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory...

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IRAN

Policy of détente is priority for Iran

11 March 2014, 14:10

Baku, Azerbaijan, March 11 By Umid Niayesh - Trend: The policy of détente for resolving foreign policy problems is the Iranian administration's priority, said a high ranking member of the country's ruling clergy. "When...

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CENTRAL ASIA

Kazakhstan, Russia to discuss environmental safety programme at Baikonur

11 March 2014, 15:05

Astana, Kazakhstan, March 11 By Daniyar Mukhtarov - Trend: Kazakh and Russian experts will discuss an environmental safety programme at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the official representative of the Central Communication...

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MIDDLE EAST & TURKEY

Syria among ‘most dangerous places on Earth’

11 March 2014, 15:05

The number of children affected by the civil war in Syria has more than doubled over the past year, with hundreds of thousands of young Syrians trapped in besieged parts of the country, the United Nations Children's...

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22nd anniversary of Khojaly genocide

25.02.2014

On February 25-26, 1992, Armenian occupation forces together with the 366th infantry regiment of Soviet troops stationed in Khankendi committed an...

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- Policy of détente is priority for Iran
  
  Baku, Azerbaijan, March 11 By Umid Niayesh - Trend: The policy of détente for resolving foreign policy problems is the Iranian administration's priority, said a high ranking member of the country's ruling clergy. "When I took office as president after the Iran-Iraq war in 1989, I successfully carried out the policy of détente," said chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, as reported in Etemad newspaper on March 11. Rafsanjani said, adding that Iranian president Hassan Rouhani was also aware that the foreign policy problems should be one of the...
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- Armenian capital put up for sale
  
  By Jamila Babayeva The Armenian government is selling historical buildings of capital, Yerevan, to wealthy businessmen, who immediately destroy them and build new ones. The recent developments in Yerevan allow saying that the authorities have put up the city for sale. Local architectures have warned that the authorities are destroying Yerevan for business interests. "The government deprives the city of its historical appearance, and there is no historical monument or building in Yerevan which has not been spoiled or destroyed," they emphasize. Such actions provoke protests among people...
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- Ashton testing water in Iran
  
  By Dalga Khatinoglu Before diving in depth of the Iran-Six powers nuclear negotiations to achieve the final accord, it seems that EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is testing the water during her visit to Iran by meeting with the country's several powerful wings, including Iranian hard-liners. This is the first visit of a senior EU leader to Iran after six years (2008), but with new hopes and different atmosphere than during the former President Mahmoud Ahmadinead's presidency. Alongside visiting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Ashton...
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- Experts predict economic growth for Iran
  
  By Sara Rajabova Some international organizations predicted economic growth in Iran after the country and the P5+1 Group reached an agreement over Tehran's nuclear program. A while ago, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its first regular assessment of Iran after more than two years predicted a positive growth in country's economy before the end of 2015. The foreign companies from time to time voice their intention to resume their activity especially in Iran's energy sector. Furthermore, the parliamentary delegations and high-ranking officials of several European countries visited Iran...
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