Strait of Hormuz blockade should continue says Iran's new Supreme Leader: Middle East conflict on 12 March
Iran should continue “blocking the Strait of Hormuz,” while the U....
President Ilham Aliyev met CNCEC Chairman Mo Dingqi in Tianjin to discuss petrochemical cooperation and joint projects with SOCAR. He also held talks with Powerchina’s Executive Vice President Xi Yinfen on green energy and infrastructure collaboration.
On 2 September, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met in the Chinese city of Tianjin with Mo Dingqi, Chairman of “China National Chemical Engineering” (CNCEC).
According to Azertag, the discussions focused on cooperation between Azerbaijan and the company in the fields of the petrochemical industry, oil refining, and the production of petrochemical products. The CNCEC Chairman noted that Azerbaijan offered a favourable investment climate.
At the conclusion of the meeting, a Framework Agreement between the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and China National Chemical Engineering & Construction Corporation Seven Ltd was exchanged in the presence of President Aliyev and the CNCEC Chairman. The document envisages the implementation of joint projects both in Azerbaijan and in third countries.
On the same day, President Aliyev also met with Xi Yinfen, Executive Vice President of “Powerchina Group”. The meeting underlined the company’s successful operations in Azerbaijan.
The two sides discussed cooperation in green energy, environmental protection, water resource management, wastewater treatment, power generation, green hydrogen projects, construction, and equipment manufacturing. They also exchanged views on prospects for collaboration in the construction of solar and wind power plants, the integration of “smart energy systems”, and the training of local specialists.
Later that day, President Aliyev, accompanied by First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva, travelled to Beijing by train. According to Azertag, they will participate in events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Chinese people’s resistance against Japanese occupation and the Victory in the Second World War.
The 32 countries belonging to the Internatioanl Energy Agency agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil on Wednesday (11 March), in efforts aimed at bringing down the price of crude oil, which has soared since fighting between Iran, Israel and the U.S. started at the end of February.
The U.S. should shut down its military bases in the Middle East, Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday (12 March). His words were read out by a broadcaster on state Iranian television.
A towering lava fountain from Kilauea shot about 400 metres into the air late on Tuesday (11 March) on Hawaii Island, prompting temporary closures at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and part of a key highway as volcanic ash and debris fell over nearby areas.
More than 68,000 children in eastern Afghanistan have been displaced after clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces intensified along the border, according to a new report by Save the Children.
Norwegian police apprehended three brothers suspected of carrying out Sunday's (8 March) bombing at the U.S. embassy in Oslo, in an attack investigators have branded an act of terrorism.
Iran should continue “blocking the Strait of Hormuz,” while the U.S. should “shut” its Middle East military bases, new Iranian Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Thursday in his first speech since being elected. He is still yet to appear in public, and a broadcaster read out his words.
International security and climate change are top of the agenda as leaders and policymakers from around the world meet at the 13th Global Baku Forum in the Azerbaijani capital this week.
Fifteen Turkish-owned vessels remain stranded in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, Türkiye’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said on Wednesday.
New Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said Iran should continue ‘blocking the Strait of Hormuz’ in his first statement since his election, read out on Iranian State television on Thursday (12 March).
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has set recognition of Tehran’s inalienable rights, payment of war compensation, and international guarantees against any future invasion as conditions for ending the U.S.–Israel war with the Islamic Republic.
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