Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan ranks second in the world for work in the field of environmental protection over the last ten years.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with his Belgian counterpart Didier Reynders in Brussels on Friday, the press-service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Trend today.

The Iranian embassy in Baku organized an official reception on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

Opening ceremony of the 39th European Junior and Kadet karate championship was held in the Sport-Concert Complex named after Heydar Aliyev in Baku on Friday.

NATO cooperates with Azerbaijan in energy, war on terror and other spheres besides peace-keeping operations, NATO special representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai said at his meeting with students of the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA) on Friday.

The delegation of the Baku branch of the International Institute of Monitoring Democracy Development, Parliamentarism and observance of Suffrage of citizens of states - participants of CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (IPA CIS IIMDD) will go to the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia on Feb 13 for the long-term monitoring of organization and holding of presidential elections in Russia to be held on March 4

If Paris continues to support Armenia, defending the law on "Armenian genocide", the membership of France in the OSCE Minsk Group will not make sense, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said in an interview with the Turkish ABHaber.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed an order to appoint Elnur Sultanov the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Brazil.