Tehran, July 26 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi called on the EU to take “decisive” action against Ukraine’s targeting of an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea.He made the remarks on Saturday in a phone call with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, in which the two sides discussed the latest regional developments, according to a statement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry.Araghchi condemned the Ukrainian attack, urging the EU, UN Security Council, and international com…
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Baku, June 5 (IANS) With global temperatures at near-record levels and El Nino set to return, governments, businesses, communities, and individuals across the world on Friday marked World Environment Day, sounding the alarm on the urgent need to address climate change. This year, Azerbaijan hosted the official commemoration of World Environment Day.Extreme heat is one of the deadliest and fastest-growing climate threats to lives, livelihoods, and economies. With overshoot of the Paris Agreement …
New York, April 25 (IANS) Iran and the US appeared to be readying for communicating again, if at arm’s length and with secondary-level interlocutors, as a team from Tehran arrived in Pakistan and a US group was set to head there on Saturday. After the second round of talks that was to have taken place this week or over last weekend didn’t take off because Iran refused to join, there has been some delicate manoeuvres by Tehran to reopen contacts.As the stalemate continues, Tehran has closed the S…
Baku, April 14 (IANS) The World Bank has approved a five-year project worth $8.24 million to strengthen pollution monitoring and biodiversity protection in the Caspian Sea, Report news agency said.The initiative, titled “Blueing the Caspian Sea: Building Capacities for Pollution Management and Biodiversity Conservation,” is expected to benefit Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. The project will receive $11.74 million in grant financing from the Global Environment Facility, Xinhua news agen…
Almaty, March 20 (IANS) Kazakhstan is expected to wrap up the technical investigation into the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in the coming months, the Kazinform news agency reported on Friday, citing Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev.The investigation is currently summarizing findings, with the involvement of an international commission. Preliminary findings have been received from equipment manufacturers, including GPS trackers, navigation systems, and the aircraft manufacturer, E…