President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received outgoing Korean ambassador Jiha Lee.

• August 13, 2012

According to information from the Turkish authorities, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck northwest Iran, completely leveling six villages and causing severe damage to another 60 villages in other regions. The effects were felt in the Iranian capital of Tehran and in Varzeghan, Ahar and Heris in the Eastern Azerbaijan province.

• August 13, 2012

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has criticized Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc for his recent allegations about Tehran, PRESS TV reported.

• August 13, 2012

It is necessary to create a military alliance of Muslim countries. It can be created in order to repel an attack on the Muslim countries, as well as to protect the Palestinian people, the Mehr news agency quoted Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi as saying at today's meeting at the Ministry of Defense.

• August 13, 2012

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry denied media reports about the sale of multiple rocket launchers and anti-aircraft missile systems to Armenia by the Ukrainian side, RIA Novosti reported.

• August 13, 2012

Turkey expects an increase in trade turnover with Azerbaijan to $4 billion by the end of this year, Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan said in Baku on Tuesday during a speech at the second meeting of economic ministers of the Council of Cooperation of Turkic-speaking states.

• August 13, 2012

India and Norway are collaborating on a research and development project to develop expertise to harvest geothermal energy and contribute to human resource development. The final report of this project is expected to be submitted in 2015. Inaugurating a one-day workshop on the joint project, the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology director AK Gupta said that geothermal energy is a clean sustainable energy source providing heat throughout the year.“As per estimates of Geological Survey of India, the country has the potential of generating 10,000 MW electricity from geothermal sources but it is estimated that the installed capacity for direct utilisation of this energy in India is only 265 MW though presently no electricity is generated from this resource.

• August 11, 2012

The longest section of the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China transit pipeline passes through Kazakhstan’s territory: it measures 1,115 kilometers in length, of the total 1,830-kilometer Turkmenistan-China distance. Kazakhstan is adding a dedicated export pipeline for its own gas exports to China. In combination, these developments (alongside planned oil exports) confer to Kazakhstan a major role in China’s energy security calculations.

• August 11, 2012