For the first time since NATO sent Russian diplomats away because of the attack with nerve gas on the former double spy Sergej Skripal and his daughter Yoelia in Salisbury, both parties have again held political consultations. The so-called NATO-Russia Council met at Ambassador level at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday.
Azerbaijan has threatened the newly-elected prime minister of neighboring Armenia, former journalist and former opposition leader Nikol Pasjinian, with large-scale military operations in protest against Yerevan's policy on the controversial enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Due to a fire in a drug clinic in the Azerbaijani capital Baku, dozens of people were killed on Friday. According to reports in the local media, there were about thirty deaths, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.
A dozen Dutch racing fans have been stuck at Baku Airport for a day because they do not have a visa. They arrived yesterday in Azerbaijan for Formula 1.
A cargo plane of the Azerbaijani Silk Way Airlines on Wednesday (local time) crashed in Afghanistan.
Armenia supported by armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh have the last 24 hours 119 times violated the cease-fire. That the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan announced Thursday in a formal statement.
When the fire on the oil platform in the Caspian Sea are certainly met seven oil workers were killed. Which have informed the authorities in Azerbaijan Monday. The bodies were discovered about 60 kilometers from the platform. " They brought in a helicopter to land," said a spokesman. There are still 23 workers missing. To them is still being sought.
Azerbaijan mourns the oil workers Friday were killed by the devastating fire on an oil rig in the Caspian Sea. While rescue workers with desperation still searching for survivors, President Ilham Aliyev Sunday already designated as a day of national mourning.
When a fire on an oil platform in the Caspian Sea have been 32 deaths. 42 workers were saved. That is a trade union in Azerbaijan reported Saturday. The platform is located in Azerbaijani territorial waters.
