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Kazakhstan congratulates Azerbaijan on its chairmanship in COP29

By
Ali Gasimov

Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Alim Bayel has congratulated Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev on the country's chairmanship of this year's 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), Trend reports, referring to Kazakhstan's embassy in Azerbaijan.

Hakan Fidan - Contacts will continue with all parties in connection with the restoration of the grain corridor

By
Хумай Агаджанова

The only country that can ensure the renewal of the agreement on the Black Sea Grain Corridor is Turkey.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said this during his speech at the 14th Conference of Ambassadors, Trend reported on Monday, citing TurkicWorld.

He said that contacts with all countries will continue in connection with the restoration of the grain corridor, which is essential for the world during the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

Who Relies on Taiwanese Trade?

By
Florian Zandt

The United States and Taiwan signed a trade agreement on Thursday to strengthen their economic ties, amid rising tensions with China. The U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade hopes to improve customs and border procedures as well as other policies between the two countries. While Washington and Taipei have no formal diplomatic ties, the two governments are connected through unofficial relations and have $105.7 billion dollars in annual trade.

The Egypt-Greece electricity interconnection project of ELICA SA - a Copelouzos Group company, was presented at the UN World Conference on Climate Change COP27

By
DIANA ZAYKOVA

The landmark Egypt-Greece Electricity Interconnection Project (GREGY), which is being developed by the Copelouzos Group company ELICA SA, was unveiled during the UN World Climate Change Conference COP 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: China is ready to make efforts to end the war in Ukraine through diplomatic channels

By
BLACKSEA-CASPIA

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China - Wang Yi - assured the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine - Dmitry Kuleba of "China's readiness to make all [necessary] efforts to end the war on Ukrainian soil through diplomatic channels, including as permanent member of the UN Security Council". This was stated by Wang Yi during a telephone conversation with Kuleba, held on March 1, 2022. The news was spread by the press center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on Facebook.

International structures willing to cooperate for a “Green Energy Zone” in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh

By
FIDAN BABAEVA

The call of Azerbaijan on the establishment of a green energy zone in the country’s liberated territories covering the Karabakh region was positively appreciated by international structures, reports the Ministry of Energy.

Opportunities for cooperating with international financial institutions for the creation of such zone were discussed at the coordination meeting held online by the ministry, and the international structures voiced their interest in the relevant cooperation.

Ashgabat hosts multilateral consultations on UN special program on Aral Sea

By
HUSEYN HASANOV, TREND.AZ

Ashgabat city hosted multilateral consultations on the development of a UN Special Program for the Aral Sea Basin (UN SPAS), Trend reports Dec. 19 with reference to the Turkmen Foreign Ministry.

The event was held in accordance with the resolution of the UN General Assembly 73/297 dated May 28, 2019, as well as in accordance with the decisions of the Council of Heads of the Founding States of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) dated Aug. 24, 2018.

Seminar on the role of the private sector in agriculture, food sector starts in Baku

By
ELDAR JANASHVILI, TREND.AZ

Within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a seminar on the role of the private sector in agriculture and the food sector has started in Baku, “Trend.az” reports.

The seminar is organized with the support of the National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers) Organizations of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası Sahibkarlar (İşəgötürənlər) Təşkilatları Milli Konfederasiyası - ASK) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

UN representative: 500 thousand people in Armenia suffer from various forms of malnutrition

By
ARMENIA NEWS, NEWS.AM

Five hundred thousand people suffer from various forms of malnutrition, and this figure reaches 820 million people all over the world, said the representative of the UN World Food Program in Armenia Jelena Milosevic at the international conference on investment opportunities in food and entrepreneurship development.

According to her, this fact negatively affects the country's capabilities, since the full realization of human potential as an engine of the economy is impossible with limited access to food.

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