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Korea to extend the collaboration in the sphere of transport with Azerbaijan
South Korea intends to extend the collaboration in the sphere of transport, Minister of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs--Chung Jong-hwan told to APA.
12.03.10
Bernard Fassier: Though Armenia wants to apply Kosovo precedent to Karabakh conflict, it is impossible
“Kosovo precedent can not be applied to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,” French co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier said at the NATO PA Rose Roth seminar in Yerevan, APA reports quoting Armenian media.
12.03.10 According to him, there is nothing common between Kosovo conflict and Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Residential building collapses in Baku
A residential building collapsed in Binagadi district of Baku, local police office told APA.
12.03.10
It will snow in some mountainous regions of Azerbaijan, torrential rains in some north regions
The weather is expected to be cloudy and mostly rainless in Baku and Absheron peninsula on March 12. South-west wind will blow.
12.03.10 It will be strengthen in some places. Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry’s National Hydrometeorological Forecasts Bureau told APA that the temperature will be 4… 6 C at night, 7… 10 c in the daytime.
On March 13 it will be cloudy. It will little foggy in some places in the morning and evening. But It will be little drizzly in the evening in some places. North-west wind will blow. It will strengthen in the evening. The temperature will be 3-5 C at night, 8-10 C in the daytime.
Committee of Ministers publishes decisions on the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe concluded on 4 March 2010 its first special human rights meeting devoted to the supervision of the execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.
11.03.10 The decisions adopted directly at the meeting in some 25 cases or groups of cases against Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom have just been published.
Nicolas Sarkozy: Armenia and Azerbaijan must come to compromise
“Yerevan and Baku must come to compromise to restore peace dynamics”, said French president Nicolas Sarkozy during his meeting with Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan.
11.03.10
Visa regime between Azerbaijan and Turkey may be abolished
Work continues on the abolition of visa regime between Azerbaijan and Turkey.
11.03.10
Azerbaijani foreign minister: “New version of Madrid principles creates opportunity to discuss a large agreement”
“Azerbaijan accepts new version of Madrid principles because we think that it creates an opportunity to discuss a large agreement”, said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov.
11.03.10 “I think that Armenia also must accept it, but they say they are not satisfied with some points of the proposals and therefore they can’t accept the document. The discussion are going over those points now”, - said the minister.
Fire extinguished in secondary school in Azerbaijan’s capital
The fire has been extinguished in secondary school #67 in Sabunchu district, Baku.
10.03.10
"Gazprom" since March 5 redoubled daily purchase of gas from Azerbaijan
Since March 5 Russian company "Gazprom" has increased daily purchase of gas from Azerbaijan twice and confirmed its intention to buy all gas that Azerbaijani side is ready to supply.
10.03.10
Goran Lennmarker: It is high time to pass a decision on Nagorno Karabakh conflict
“I regard the present situation concerning Nagorno Karabakh conflict as the stage to pass a decision,” OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s special representative for Nagorno Karabakh and Georgia Goran Lennmarker told APA’s Georgia bureau.
10.03.10 Goran Lennmarker said he would pay visits to Yerevan and Baku after finishing meetings in Georgia.
“We will hold very important meetings, also meet with presidents of the two countries. I think it is high time to find the solution to the Karabakh conflict. I think the activity of the Minsk Group means that there is a basis to find the solution to the problem.
The US Azerbaijanis call upon legislators on peaceful resolution of conflicts in Caucasus
Azerbaijani Americans regret about the US Foreign Affairs Committee’s decision on the Armenian “genocide” issue, March 4, 2010.
10.03.10 . According to APA’s Washington DC correspondent, US Azerbaijani organizations stated that the House Resolution H252 unfairly accuses Turkish nation of carrying out a premeditated genocide against the Armenian population of Ottoman Empire during the World War I.
US Azerbaijanis bring the UN Convention on genocide as a source to judge whether that was a genocide or not. UN Convention describes genocide as carrying out acts intended "to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group".
U.S. representative to NATO: “Azerbaijan is an active partner of the alliance”
“Azerbaijan is an active partner of the alliance and the alliance will continue its active work with this country”, said U.S. representative to NATO Ms. Jennifer Davis.
10.03.10
