The governments of Azerbaijan and Tajikistan reached an agreement to ban import and sale of goods, produced in the occupied Azerbaijani territories, in Tajikistan.

It would be "quite challenging" for the United States to reach the 3 percent growth target set by President Donald Trump, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told a Senate panel on Thursday in a hearing focused on regulatory reform and a discussion of lagging productivity, Reuters reports.

Chairman of Central Bank of Azerbaijan Elman Rustamov has met his Swiss counterpart Tomas Jordan.

Former US President Jimmy Carter collapsed while working on a Habitat for Humanity home in Winnipeg, Canada and was taken to hospital, the Carter Center said in a press release on Thursday, BBC reports.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow does not support Syrian President Bashar Assad, but is committed to the UN Security Council resolution, APA reports quoting RIA Novosti.

Azerbaijan is considering purchasing more weapons from Russia, Azerbaijan's Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov said in an interview with RIA Novosti, APA reported.

Azerbaijani Defense Minister, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov met with US Ambassador Robert Cekuta, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said July 13.

France and Germany agreed Thursday to begin work on a joint fighter jet, a major advance in their relations designed to underline their united front in the face of fracturing Western relations, Daily Sabah reports.

US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Robert Cekuta has visited Baku branch of Lomonosov Moscow State University to meet its Head, Academician Nargiz Pashayeva.

A delegation of Azerbaijan`s Ombudsman Office led by head of the Administration Aydin Safikhanli is visiting Germany under a EU-funded twinning project.