It has been 31 years since the bloodiest massacre carried out by the armed forces of Armenia in the course of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. The destruction of the once thriving city of Khojaly and the genocide against the civilian population is one of the worst crimes ever committed against defenseless civilians.
“We shall export our revolution to the whole world”, said the late Ayatollah Khomeini, whose Iranian revolution has been officially celebrating its 44th anniversary this week. With the world’s attention focused primarily on Ukraine, most people missed the current Iranian president’s recent speech and the anti-regime hacker attack during his live internet broadcast of the address.
The Middle Corridor may become more competitive compared to the Northern Corridor.
This is what Iain Rawlinson, commercial director of the company “APM Terminals Poti”, which manages the Georgian port of Poti, told “Trend”.
„Therefore, to make the Middle Corridor remain competitive when the hostilities in Ukraine end and the situation in the region normalizes, it will need its exceptional efficiency in creating transparent rail and sea transport links“, he said.
During a meeting with members of the government, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stressed that international organizations are aware of the new realities in the region after the war with Armenia in 2020, which resulted in the liberation of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Contacts between Azerbaijan and the European Union have intensified since the war. The European Union has accepted the realities of the post-conflict period. This month, at the initiative of the President of the European Council, Mr Charles Michel, tripartite meetings were held.
Azerbaijan is most important trading partner for Germany in South Caucasus, Germany helping Azerbaijani economy to diversify. In 30 years Azerbaijan came closer to EU, head of the German Foreign Ministry's Office for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Matthias Luttenberg wrote on his Twitter page.
Zangazur corridor is important for both Azerbaijan and Armenia, a Russian economist and the Head of New Society Institute Vasily Koltashov, stated.
According to Koltashov, the Zangazur corridor will allow Armenia to realize its potential in the transit economy. He notes that Armenia needs to activate and simplify economic ties with neighboring countries.
The UK will continue to be a reliable partner of Azerbaijan, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in his message at VIII Global Baku Forum - "The World after COVID-19", Trend reports.
The message of the British prime minister was read by the deputy head of the British diplomatic mission in Baku, Philip Barclay.
The Iranian parliament has ratified a draft trade and economic agreement (convention) with the Caspian littoral states, the information portal of the Iranian parliament reports.
Source: https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/3506995.html
While supporting Azerbaijan’s sustainable and inclusive economic recovery, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is confident that a new private sector led growth model can help the country diversify its economy and spur job creation by prioritizing the non-oil sectors, Ivana Fernandes Duarte, IFC’s Regional Manager for the South Caucasus stated.
We are planning jointly working with the EU to expand the geography of our gas supplies, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said receiving credentials of newly appointed Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Azerbaijan Peter Michalko, Trend reports.
