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Putin, Aliyev and Pezeshkian hold the first three-way summit since 2017 at AvazaKobakhidze calls the European Parliament worse than the Supreme Soviet of the late 1980sGeorgian prosecutors investigate a central bank board member over an alleged crypto stakeS&P affirms Mongolia at BB- as the central bank tells MPs inflation hit 13% in July
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PoliticsAnalysis9 Oct

CIS leaders sign 15 documents at Avaza and Azerbaijan is absent from the memory statement

Azerbaijan is not among the eight signatories of the statement on historical memory adopted at Avaza on Friday, by the Kremlin’s text, one of 15 documents signed as the Commonwealth’s 35th-anniversary council handed the chair to Uzbekistan from 1 January and heard Mirziyoyev invite the leaders to Bukhara next year and Aliyev offer to chair in 2028. Iran’s president sat in for the first time.

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PoliticsAnalysis9 Oct

Five presidents create a Caspian commission as Aliyev and Putin differ on the cause

The first Caspian Ecological Summit ended on Friday with a decision by the five heads of state to create a commission of three deputy prime ministers and senior Iranian and Russian representatives on the sea’s falling level, which meets first in Azerbaijan in the first half of 2027. Aliyev named reduced river flow and man-made factors among the causes beside the climate, Putin named climate change the main one.

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Six leaders sign two documents at Avaza as Tokayev counts 200 initiatives and few results

9 OctPolitics

MEPs pass the Georgia and Azerbaijan resolutions by 445 and 492 votes as Baku protests

9 OctPolitics

CIS leaders sign 15 documents at Avaza and Azerbaijan is absent from the memory statement

9 OctPolitics

Five presidents create a Caspian commission as Aliyev and Putin differ on the cause

9 Oct
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Economy

Azerbaijan’s GDP grows 1.5% in nine months as the oil sector shrinks 1.2%

9 OctEnergy

Dushanbe takes fuel supply to the US envoy as Russia ships 73% of its oil products

9 OctTurkish Factor

Ankara seeks a Black Sea moratorium on attacks after 73 ships were hit this year

9 OctPolitics

Armenia’s Constitutional Court rejects the opposition’s challenge on the Catholicos clause

9 Oct