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Official Respond; CESD Recommendation on On-Line Visa Will be Approved

Official Respond; CESD Recommendation on On-Line Visa Will be Approved CESD;  other recommendations should be also considered in order to simplify visa regime “A program to issue visas electronically is being drafted. Azerbaijani visas will be issued within the 15 days from on-line submission. In future, however, this period could be reduced,”- Ministry of Culture [...]

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Nabucco turns to Iraq

Nabucco turns to Iraq Nabucco consortium considers Nothern Iraqi gas as an option to secure future gas supply to Europe, Dow Jones Newswires reported on Wednesday with the reference to the project official representative. “Why shouldn’t we pipe gas from Northern Iraq,” Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH spokesman, Christian Dolezal said. He stressed that Northern Iraq [...]

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Visa Facilitation between EU and Azerbaijan Negotiations Accelerated

Visa Facilitation between EU and Azerbaijan Negotiations Accelerated European Union (EU) already submitted draft document on Visa Facilitation and Readmission to Government of Azerbaijan (GoA) last week- said Vugar Bayramov, co-coordinator of Economic Integration and Convergence Working Group at EU EaP CSF.  He mentioned that negotiations on simplifying visa regime between Azerbaijan and the European [...]

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SOFAZ’s “Gold Policy”?

SOFAZ’s “Gold Policy”? CESD; “SOFAZ too late with investing in gold” The State Oil Fund of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOFAZ) reported that the fund has started to invest in gold in order to diversify its portfolio and increase revenue. According to the Oil Fund’s Investment Policy, 5% of the investment portfolio’s total value in 2012 [...]

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Does Azerbaijan announce price of gas sold to Turkey?

Does Azerbaijan announce price of gas sold to Turkey? SOCAR has not announced any price, yet The price of Azerbaijan’s gas exported to neighboring Turkey is currently $330 per 1,000 cubic meters, a senior Azerbaijani official was quoted by the Sabah newspaper as saying on Monday. ”Turkey imports gas from Russia for $450 and from Iran [...]