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Azerbaijans state border service has closed the border with Iran for two weeks Trend reports citing the state border service

Azerbaijani community of Nagorno Karabakh Public Union has launched a new campaign APA reports

The Azerbaijani army will start largescale commandstaff exercises on March 2 in accordance with the training plan of troops for 2020 the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported

The plane of the flight J2003 of Azerbaijan Airlines AZAL that departed from Baku to Ankara at 1035 GMT4 has returned to Heydar Aliyev International Airport Trend reports referring to AZAL on Feb 29

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Moldova Gudsi Osmanov held a meeting with Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Zinaida Greceanîi

Turkish president and his US counterpart spoke over the phone on Friday to discuss the recent developments in Idlib northwestern Syria according to a statement by the Turkish Communications Directorate Anadolu Agency reports

Onshore construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline TAP which envisages transportation of Azerbaijani gas to Europe is almost complete said Luca Schieppati TAP Managing Director Trend reports citing TAP AG consortium

The Azerbaijani and Turkmen permanent missions representative offices to the UN Office in Geneva held a round table on the Transport and Connectivity Potential of the Caspian Sea region Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan the shortest route topic Trend reports referring to the Turkmen Foreign Ministry Feb 28 According to the Lapis Lazuli project railways and highways should connect the Afghan Turgundi city of Herat province with Ashgabat then with the Caspian Turkmenbashi port The corridor will extended to Baku then through Tbilisi to Ankara with links to Poti and Batumi cities then from Ankara to Istanbul The project budget which aims to facilitate transit logistics and simplify customs procedures is estimated at 2 billion

Over the past 24 hours Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 22 times the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on Feb 29

South Korea reported on Saturday its biggest surge in new coronavirus cases and concerns grew of a possible epidemic in the United States as the World Health Organization raised its risk alert to its highest level AFP reported

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan agreed during a phone call on Friday on the need for new measures to be put in place to ease tensions and normalize the situation in northwest Syria the Kremlin said

The meeting of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts was recently held during which art curator artistic adviser of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation for Culture and Art Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan Emin Mammadov was presented with the regalia of the Academys Honorary Member Vestnik Kavkaza reports

At least 20 people were killed and several others injured in a collision between a train and a passenger bus in southwest Pakistan on Friday night officials said APA reports quoting Anadolu Agency

The 2nd session of the Permanent Council of the Islamic Conference of Youth and Sports Ministers ICYSM has been held in Baku

At least 210 Covid19 patients have died in Iran sources within the countrys health care system have told BBC Persian

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an Order to provide funding to improve water supply for irrigation and drinking in 18 residential areas in Aghdam district

There are 7 varieties of coronavirus From these 4 are the diseases causing nasal discharge in people and take their course with such easy fly symptoms as a sore throat Other varieties of this disease which were detected in the recent past and are spreading now have caused epidemics said Vasif Aliyev head of TABIBs Working Group member of Operative Task Force under Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan APA reports

The AzerbaijanFrance Chamber of Commerce and Industry CCIAF has held a meeting on Education reforms a role for the private sector with Minister of Education of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov AzerTag reports

The appeal concerning the creation of a new observatory in Azerbaijan was made

The World Health Organization WHO confirms that the first case of coronavirus COVID19 has been registered in Azerbaijan The WHO office in Azerbaijan said APA reports