Azerbaijan has officially transferred its chairmanship of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) to the Kingdom of Bahrain, marking a new phase in inter-parliamentary cooperation within Asia.

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The 15th plenary session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) officially began in Baku on Wednesday, chaired by Azerbaijan.

On the occasion of the 2024 Suriname Energy Oil and Gas Summit, Javier Rielo, Senior Vice President Americas, Exploration & Production for TotalEnergies, and Annand Jagesar, CEO of Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V, the Suriname National Oil Company, announced several significant steps towards the Final Investment Decision (FID) of the development of offshore Block 58.