Ministers of Labour & Social Protection of Azerbaijan and Turkey signed a protocol in Baku yesterday at the VII session of the Standing Joint Commission for Social Protection Cooperation.

• July 13, 2012

Azerbaijan and Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding on the possibility of opening direct flights between the two countries, secretary of the Iraqi embassy in Azerbaijan, Jassim Mohammed Ahmed told Trend.

• July 13, 2012

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education of China signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of education for 2012-2015.

• July 13, 2012

ISSUE #25
07/02/2012
There are no grounds for revising the gas price under the current contract with Russia, the Lb.ua news and analysis website quoted Gazprom's deputy head Aleksandr Medvedev as saying during an annual meeting of the company's stakeholders on 29 June 2012. A price reduction can be achieved only on the basis of intergovernmental agreements, he added. READ MORE

• July 13, 2012

ISSUE #26
07/09/2012
On 12 July 2012, President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will chair the fifth meeting of the Ukrainian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission. The meeting will be held in Yalta, Crimea. READ MORE

• July 13, 2012

A package of bilateral agreements was signed within Tajik President Emomali Rahmon’s visit to Azerbaijan. President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan have signed joint statement of Presidents.

• July 12, 2012

A Tajikistan-Korea business forum took place in Yeosu, South Korea on July 11, Asia-Plus reported on Thursday.

• July 12, 2012

Tajikistan is demanding no less than $250 million a year from Russia for the lease of a military base on its territory, Kommersant reported on Thursday, citing an unnamed source. Russia and Tajikistan are reportedly having difficulties agreeing on terms for the base's lease, which is due to expire in 2014. Russia currently has 7,000 military personnel stationed at the base.

• July 12, 2012