Day: April 21, 2023

Jafar Huseynzade, Head of the Azerbaijan's delegation to NATO met up Friday with Irene Fellin, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security. 'I had a good meeting with Ms. Irene Fellin, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security. At the meeting, we discussed NATO-Azerbaijan partnership, WPS (Women, Peace, Security) agenda, as well as the upcoming high-level conference to be held in Baku this fall,' Huseynzade tweeted on the results of his meeting.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency

Milli Majlis Chairwoman Sahibe Gafarova has sent a letter to chairman of the Russia's State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin over biased statements about Azerbaijan voiced for the Rusarminfo Russia-Armenia news agency by deputy chair of the Russian State Duma's committee for information policy, information technologies and communication Oleg Matveychev, Milli Majlis press and PR department said. The letter expressed concern over Oleg Matveychev's allegations concerning Azerbaijan. The Speaker found the need for the State Duma to give assessment to Matveychev's statements. She expressed hope that both countries would prevent such actions that run counter to the spirit of relations between the nations and parliaments.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency

Lithuania will be assisting Azerbaijan in the area of mine action through the EU Team Europe Initiative in 2023, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Trend.

"Azerbaijan is one of Lithuania's strongest partners in terms of the number of EU Twinning projects awarded to Lithuania in the Eastern Partnership countries. So far, Lithuania has participated in 26 project selections in Azerbaijan and has been selected for 17 of them," the source said.

According to the ministry, only in 2022, Lithuania has been awarded 4 EU Twinning projects in Azerbaijan in the field of transport safety, environmental protection, pension reform and health care. Currently Lithuanian institutions are implementing 5 EU Twinning projects in Azerbaijan.

In March, 2023 Lithuania, together with Polish colleagues, has launched the implementation of another twinning project named "Increasing Road Safety in Azerbaijan".

"The aim of this ongoing two-year project is to exchange experience with Azerbaijani colleagues in the field of road safety legislation and the development of a road safety management system. We expect that the successful cooperation between our countries through European instruments such as EU Twinning will continue in the future," the ministry added.

As the source at the ministry noted, Azerbaijan is an important partner for Lithuania with a considerable potential for developing business relations, being one of the most important links between Europe and Asia with a growing role in the global market.

Source: Trend News Agency

SpaceX’s giant new rocket blasted off on its first test flight Thursday but exploded minutes after rising from the launch pad and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, Trend reports citing Euronews.

Elon Musk’s company was aiming to send the nearly 120-metre Starship rocket on a round-the-world trip from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. It carried no people or satellites.

The plan called for the booster to peel away from the spacecraft minutes after liftoff, but that didn't happen. The rocket began to tumble and then exploded four minutes into the flight, plummeting into the gulf.

After separating, the spacecraft was supposed to continue east and attempt to circle the world, before crashing into the Pacific near Hawaii.

SpaceX said that "Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation".

Source: Trend News Agency

First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has shared a post on her official Instagram page on the occasion of Ramadan holiday, Trend reports.

The post says: “I wholeheartedly congratulate all the people of Azerbaijan and Muslims in the world on the occasion of the holy Ramadan holiday, which calls people to kindness, mercy and compassion, careful and solicitous attitude to the wider public and friends. May Allah hear your prayers and accept your fasting! I wish each of you good health, love, happiness and wonderful mood! May this holiday fill the hearts of each of you with pure thoughts and benevolent intentions, bring kindness, coziness and happiness to every home, peace and prosperity to every country!”.

Source: Trend News Agency