Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR and French Total have activated work on the development project of the Absheron gas field in the Caspian Sea, a source on the oil and gas market of Azerbaijan said. “The parties are completely satisfied with the negotiations”, the source said. “The signing of a large number of contracts is…
The international ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has confirmed Azerbaijan’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings at Ba1 and assigned a negative outlook. Azerbaijan’s rating was changed in February, and the outlook on it was changed to “negative” in April. Earlier, the international ratings agency Fitch Ratings also approved of the long-term issuer default…
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) announced the launch of a new campaign on flights from Baku to Berlin and vice versa. AZAL Miles frequent-flyer program participants, who will purchase air tickets for flights on the above-mentioned route from September 6 to October 29, 2016, will be able to earn twice as much status and travel points. Direct…
Azerbaijan Railways CJSC plans to start laying rail lines in mid-August within construction of a railway section from Azerbaijan’s Astara station to the border with Iran as part of the North-South transportation corridor, Nadir Azmammadov, spokesperson for Azerbaijan Railways, said. The North-South transportation corridor is meant to connect northern Europe with South-Eastern Asia. It will…
Azerbaijan Export and Investments Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) has updated the catalogue of Azerbaijan’s investment projects by including 65 projects, said a message from the country’s Economy Ministry. It was noted that the purpose of updating the catalog is to promote the attraction of foreign investment in Azerbaijan’s non-oil sector. The catalogue includes 65 projects covering…
New ferries will be launched for freight traffic between Azerbaijan’s Baku International Sea Trade Port in Alat and Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port, which is being built, said a message from the CJSC Baku International Sea Trade Port. The message said that the head of the Baku International Sea Trade Port Taleh Ziyadov held a meeting with…
Azerbaijan and Iran have discussed the projects for joint production of pharmaceutical products, cars and car spare parts, said the message from Azerbaijan’s Economy Ministry. The issues were discussed during the meeting of Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev with Iran’s Minister of Communication and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi. Vaezi was on an official visit to…