Azerbaijani grandmasters Shahriyar Mammadyarov and Teymur Rajabov will contest medals at the first tournament of 2019 FIDE Grand Prix Series to be held in Moscow on May 17-30.

The 9th International Exhibition of Arms Military Machinery MILEX-2019 opened in Minsk, Belarus, the Defense Industry Ministry of Azerbaijan reported Wednesday.

It is planned to launch market test for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which envisages transportation of Azerbaijani gas to Europe, this summer, Trend reports citing Marija Savova, Head of Commercial at TAP AG.

Turkey is making active efforts for the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, according to local media.

On May 15, President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a phone call to President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, according the press service of the Azerbaijani president.

Azerbaijani Defense Minister, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov met with the deputy commanders of military units involved in ideological work, moral and psychological support, as well as military psychologists at the Educational Center of the country's Armed Forces, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

The Government of Azerbaijan has created and will continue to create conditions for the development of the private sector in the country, Ali Ahmadov, Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan and Deputy Chairman and Executive Secretary of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP), said at an event titled The Role of the Private Sector for Implementing Sustainable Development in Baku, Trend reports.

Azerbaijan and Georgia have discussed the delimitation of the state border as Azerbaijan`s Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov met with Georgian counterpart Lasha Darsalia in Baku. Representatives from the relevant state bodies also took part in the meeting, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said.

In Azerbaijan, until May 13, 2019, 506,000 citizens received compensation under the decree by President Ilham Aliyev “On additional measures to resolve problem

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday ordered the departure of “non-emergency government employees” from Iraq, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad said in a statement,