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President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev welcomed a Croatian delegation led by Gordan Jandroković, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, marking his first official visit to Azerbaijan.
Jandroković said he was deeply impressed by the beauty of Baku and conveyed his congratulations to President Aliyev for his leadership and service to the Azerbaijani people.
He also commended Azerbaijan’s constructive role in advancing the peace process with Armenia, acknowledging the positive results achieved in Washington. The Speaker described relations between Azerbaijan and Croatia as being at a high level and highlighted the potential to strengthen cooperation between the parliaments of the two countries. He pointed to the work of interparliamentary friendship groups and encouraged deeper engagement between parliamentary committees.
President Aliyev thanked Jandroković for his remarks and noted the historic significance of the recent agreements between Azerbaijan and Armenia. He underlined Croatia’s continued support for Azerbaijan’s closer relations with the European Union and NATO, describing this as a solid foundation for future collaboration.
Both sides agreed that Azerbaijan and Croatia enjoy friendly and partner-based ties, with significant scope for cooperation in energy, tourism, investment, and other fields. They also discussed prospects for enhancing collaboration within international parliamentary organisations, reaffirming their shared commitment to dialogue and mutual understanding.
Oil prices fell after the U.S. expanded economic sanctions on Iran, as Tehran vowed to retaliate and warned it had tools to respond, raising concerns over potential disruption to regional oil supplies.
Rescuers in Nepal used helicopters on Thursday to scour for hundreds still missing after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border with China's Tibet, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys, killing 162 people.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told allied foreign ministers Washington will focus on sanctions and other pressure on Iran “for the time being”, Axios reports. Meanwhile, Iran and Oman have resumed talks on a temporary shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz.
Kyiv has recently received a small number of U.S.-made Patriot interceptors capable of downing Russian ballistic missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. It comes as Britain and France pledged stronger military support for Ukraine.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for greater economic cooperation among Muslim countries, saying their combined economic weight remains disproportionately small compared with their population, strategic location and resources.
The inaugural Silk Road Finance & Technology Forum brought together policymakers, investors and technology companies as Central Asia looks to build a more connected financial system and compete for a bigger share of global fintech investment.
Uzbekistan's region of Karakalpakstan is developing three cryptocurrency mining facilities and three data centers with a combined investment of $5.1 billion, as the region seeks to attract larger and higher-quality investments.
A restaurant payment with a Visa card in Damascus has become a symbol of Syria’s reconnection with the global financial system.
The Silk Road Finance & Technology Forum will bring more than 6,000 policymakers, investors and technology leaders from 74 countries to Tashkent, as Central Asia seeks a bigger role in the global fintech landscape.
Kazakhstan is considering the Baku-Supsa pipeline as an alternative oil export route after Caspian Pipeline Consortium disruptions cost the country an estimated 3.5 million tonnes of oil, Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said.
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