On 16 July Defence Minister of Azerbaijan, colonel general Safar Abiyev received ambassadors of China Hun Tsui and Uzbekistan Sherzod Fayziyev, News.Az reported.

• Date: 16.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 16.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from ann.az/

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will pay an official visit to the Swiss Confederation in October 2012, the Turkmen government reported today with reference to Swiss President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf's greetings addressed to the Turkmen leader.

• Date: 16.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 16.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Armenia and Georgia have held fresh Western-sponsored training exercises aimed at improving their capacity to prevent illegal trafficking of weapons of mass destruction through their territories.

• Date: 14.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 14.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from azatutyun.am

Today, the bulk of immigrants to Russia come from Central Asia, and the trend is likely to remain over the next 10-15 years. The most recent Russian census showed that the number of Uzbeks, Tajiks, and Kyrgyz living in the country had roughly doubled since the previous count.

• Date: 14.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 14.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from rbth.ru

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education of China signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of education for 2012-2015.

• Date: 13.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 13.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Azerbaijan and Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding on the possibility of opening direct flights between the two countries, secretary of the Iraqi embassy in Azerbaijan, Jassim Mohammed Ahmed told Trend.

• Date: 13.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 13.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Ministers of Labour & Social Protection of Azerbaijan and Turkey signed a protocol in Baku yesterday at the VII session of the Standing Joint Commission for Social Protection Cooperation.

• Date: 13.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 13.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from abc.az

A Tajikistan-Korea business forum took place in Yeosu, South Korea on July 11, Asia-Plus reported on Thursday.

• Date: 12.07.2012  |  Published on EGF: 12.07.2012  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az