In a meeting with visiting Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday, the Supreme Leader called for a 10-fold hike in trade between Iran and Azerbaijan given the great potential in the two countries. “The level of economic cooperation is very low compared to the two countries’ potentialities and facilities, and trade turnover should increase up to 10 times of the current level,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei suggested.

The State Committee for Refugees and IDPs, chaired by its Chairman, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov, held an extended meeting with the participation of the Committee’s staff. The meeting exchanged opinions on the performance of tasks arising from the decree of the President Ilham Aliyev on establishment of unified monthly benefits for IDPs and persons equated to them, and the order on measures for the restoration of Jojug Merjanli village in Jabrayil region.

The State Committee for Refugees and IDPs, chaired by its Chairman, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov, held an extended meeting with the participation of the Committee’s staff. The meeting exchanged opinions on the performance of tasks arising from the decree of the President Ilham Aliyev on establishment of unified monthly benefits for IDPs and persons equated to them, and the order on measures for the restoration of Jojug Merjanli village in Jabrayil region.

News selected on topics and regions – oil and gas, business, politics, IT, the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea region, Central Asia Ranking of the Azerbaijani banking sector Azerbaijan’s president, supreme commander-in-chief, Ilham Aliyev has said that the future status of Nagorno-Karabakh can only be possible within the Azerbaijani state. “This is the resolution of the conflict, and the sooner the Armenian leadership understands this, the better it will be for them,” President Aliyev said as he was addressing the opening of a newly built military town of the Ministry of Defense in Pirekeshkul Settlement of Absheron District.

News selected on topics and regions – oil and gas, business, politics, IT, the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea region, Central Asia Ranking of the Azerbaijani banking sector Azerbaijan’s president, supreme commander-in-chief, Ilham Aliyev has said that the future status of Nagorno-Karabakh can only be possible within the Azerbaijani state. “This is the resolution of the conflict, and the sooner the Armenian leadership understands this, the better it will be for them,” President Aliyev said as he was addressing the opening of a newly built military town of the Ministry of Defense in Pirekeshkul Settlement of Absheron District.

A concept of digital education will be developed in Azerbaijan under the Strategic Road Map for the development of information and communication technologies In order to apply the system “Electronic school” in all schools of Azerbaijan, relevant government agencies will consider the possibility to establish a plan of activities, coordination of these activities from a single center and creation of a single database. Under the document, for the development of digital education, courses, used at all levels of education, will be improved on the basis of high-quality electronic products and related methods .

A new book by academician Ramiz Mehdiyev, head of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, titled “New world order and national idea” has been published. In his book, Ramiz Mehdiyev says that Azerbaijan has gained global influence thanks to President Ilham Aliyev’s wise and consistent policy.

“I am deeply shocked by the news of heavy casualties after the crash of a Tu-154 plane,” the president said in his letter of condolences.