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Baku, August 18, AZERTAC

President Ilham Aliyev received credentials of newly appointed UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan conveys firm protest to Russian ambassador over anti-Azerbaijani statements

Azerbaijan’s exports of pearls, precious metals and jewellery rise more than 20-fold

Azerbaijani journalists tour Uzbekistan’s National Children’s Medical Center

Trump says no talks with Iran underway or scheduled

Foreign observers from 42 countries to monitor Kazakhstan’s Qurultay elections

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Azerbaijan’s foreign trade turnover reaches $30 billion in January–July

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Second Meeting of Turkic Green Finance Council held in Astana

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Azeri Light exceeds $108 on global markets

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First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva expressed condolences on passing of People's Artist Alexander Sharovsky

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Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister meets with U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Armenia

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