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He blamed what he described as the non-constructive position of Armenia and the lack of serious pressure on Yerevan from the OSCE Minsk Group of mediators for the failure to resolve the conflict, Gun.Az reported.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/

Iran has filed a lawsuit on Israel over the assassination of country's nuclear scientists, Prosecutor General Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei said, Fars reported.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.13 / Trend S.Agayeva /

President of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, UNESCO and ISESCO Goodwill Ambassador, MP Mehriban Aliyeva has been awarded a title of Honorary Professor of the world famous I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend M. Aliyev /

Azerbaijan has no connection with any terrorist organization or organizations which oppose humanity. The statements, made by the Iranian side, have no real reason. It is unknown why it accuses Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Social and Political Department Chief Ali Hasanov told media today.

An Israeli diplomat was injured Monday after an explosion hit his car in the Indian capital New Delhi, according to reports dpa reported

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend S. Isayev, T. Jafarov/

Iran has entered a new phase of the outside imposed threats, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Mohammad-Ali Jafari said, Fars reported.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend E.Mehdiyev /

No "SOS" signal has been received from vessels stuck in ice in the Azov Sea, which confirms that there are no problems there, the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ukraine said on Monday.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend K. Zarbaliyeva /

A Sabunchu District Police Department employee has been detained while accepting a bribe.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.13 / Trend A.Taghiyeva /

Turkish petrochemical complex Petkim and Dutch company APM Terminals signed an agreement to build a container port with capacity of 1.5 million TEU in the Aliaga complex on Monday, Petkim said.

A retired British businessman accused of plotting to sell missile components to Iran will be extradited to the United States, his lawyer Karen Todner said Monday, AP reported.

Subunits of the Armenian Armed Forces from posts located at Yusifjanli and Shikhlar villages of Agdam region and Kurapatkino village of Khojavand region subjected to machine gunfire the opposite positions of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan at different hours on February 12 and 13, press service of the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan said.

The French 'Echanges internationaux' magazine devoted its January edition to Azerbaijan.A The edition is entitled 'Azerbaijan: the economy in rapid evolution'. 'Echanges internationaux' is a publication of the French National Committee`s International Chamber of Commerce.A The magazine`s January edition features France`s strategies and achievements ... (more)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend S.Aghayeva /

Azerbaijan considers the note of the Iranian Foreign Ministry as a response to the note previously presented to the Iranian side by official Baku, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev told Trend on Monday.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend N. Ismayilova /

The Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB), establish in 1975, has invested more than $1.2 billion in Azerbaijan, IDB representative in Azerbaijan Tamerlan Tagiyev told media today.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.13 / Trend /

The French 'Echanges internationaux' (International exchanges) magazine devoted its January edition (January 2012, N 93) to Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.13 / Trend S.Agayeva /

Serbia at the highest level expressed a desire to participate in the project AGRI (Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romanian Interconnector), which envisages transportation of Azerbaijani liquefied gas to European countries, Serbian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Zoran Vayovich told journalists in Baku on Monday.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend E. Ismayilov /

flydubai, Dubai's pioneering low-cost airline, has cemented its position as the world's fastest growing start-up airline ever with the start of flights to its 50th destination in less than three years, the company said today.

Sanctions on Iran are tightening after Overseas Shipholding Group, Frontline Ltd. and owners controlling more than 100 supertankers said they would stop loading cargoes from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' second-largest producer, Bloomberg reported.

Azerbaijan Baku, Feb 13 / Trend A. Akhundov /

Azersu state company, a water supply operator of Azerbaijan, plans to replace the water meters that broke down as a result of frost to the new ones at their own expense, the company told Trend on Monday.