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Iran, Azerbaijan agree to open transit passage at border
Tehran: Iran and Azerbaijan have agreed to open a new transit passage at their shared border in the near future, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported Friday. In a phone call with…
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Chess World Cup 2023 final
Baku: Aynur Sofiyeva, Azerbaijan’s first Woman Grandmaster, makes the ceremonial first move in the second game between Norway’s GM Magnus Carlsen and India’s GM R Praggnanandhaa at the final of the Chess…
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FIDE Chess World Cup 2023 final
Baku: Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa during the final match of the Chess World Cup 2023 against World No. 1 player Magnus Carlsen, in Baku, Tuesday, Aug 22, 2023. (PTI Photo) Baku: Indian…
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Iran extradites Azerbaijani convict
Tehran: A female Azerbaijani national imprisoned in Iran has been repatriated to her home country under a convict extradition agreement between the two neighbours, media reported. Iran handed over the Azerbaijani citizen…
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UAE, Azerbaijan introduce visa-free travel
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Azerbaijan have agreed to a mutual visa exemption, allowing their citizens to travel freely between the two countries. The agreement which came into effect on July…
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Israeli President Herzog to visit Azerbaijan amid warming ties
Jerusalem: Israeli President Isaac Herzog will pay a state visit to Azerbaijan, the first visit by an Israeli President to the Muslim-majority country. Herzog will depart on Tuesday for the two-day trip…
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Iran expels four Azerbaijani diplomats in ‘retaliatory’ response
Tehran: Iran has expelled four Azerbaijani diplomats from Iran after declaring them “persona non grata”, a media report said. The move was a “retaliatory response” to the expulsion of four Iranian diplomats…
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Israel welcomes opening of Azerbaijani embassy in Tel Aviv
Jerusalem: Azerbaijan has opened an embassy in Israel, three decades after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen hosted his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov before…
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Azerbaijan lifts ‘Covid passport’ requirement for foreign travelers
Baku: Foreign citizens travelling to Azerbaijan by air will be exempt from having a ‘Covid-19 passport’ — a document confirming full vaccination against or immunity to the virus, the country’s authorities announced.…
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Armenia’s quake support to contribute to normalization of ties: Turkish FM
Ankara: Armenia’s humanitarian support to victims of last week’s massive earthquakes in southern Turkey can further contribute to the normalisation of relations between the two neighbours, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said…
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Azerbaijan offers its hospitals for treating survivors of Turkey-Syria quake
Baku: Hospitals in Azerbaijan are ready to receive those injured in the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria this week, President Ilham Aliyev announced here. “Our hospitals have all the conditions…
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GCC countries condemn armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran
Riyadh: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries “strongly condemned” Friday’s armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in the Iranian capital of Tehran. On Friday morning, January 27, a man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle stormed…
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Iranian FM condemns deadly attack on Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned an armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, in which one person was killed and two others injured. The Ministry’s spokesman Nasser Kanaani…
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1 killed in armed attack on Azerbaijan Embassy in Tehran
Tehran: One of the members working in Azerbaijan’s Embassy was killed and two others injured in an armed attack on the embassy in the Iranian capital on Friday morning. Hossein Rahimi, Tehran…
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Israel welcomes Azerbaijan’s decision to open embassy in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv: The Israeli government welcomed the “historic” decision by the Azerbaijani Parliament to open an embassy in Tel Aviv, as it is set to become the first Shia Muslim-majority country to…
