In order to increase bilateral economic cooperation, Baku and Beijing need to strengthen trade relations and continue to increase trade volumes, focusing on both import and export. As of January-February 2024, trade between the two countries has increased by 25%.

The European Union is interested in transporting Azerbaijani gas through Russian pipelines via Ukraine. EU and European government officials are negotiating with Ukrainian counterparts to extend the agreement on Russian gas transit to member countries through Ukraine until 2025, Bloomberg reports.

The European Union's plan to use Russian pipelines to transport Azerbaijani gas to Europe through Ukraine is not feasible at the moment due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, according to experts. Bloomberg reports that the move is part of negotiations between EU officials, European governments, and Ukrainian authorities to extend the agreement on the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine until 2025.

The leader of France's conservative Republicans called on Tuesday for an alliance between his party's candidates and Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally in a snap parliamentary election - a political shift with wide repercussions, News.az reports citing Reuters.

Venezuela want to be the second Latin American country after Brazil to join BRICS, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto said at a BRICS+ ministerial meeting in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod.

During a working visit to the Federal Republic of Germany on June 11, Jeyhun Bayramov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, participated in and delivered a speech at the Ukraine Recovery Conference.

The analytical-information portal News.Az continues its series of articles, interviews and videos entitled "COP29 Baku". As part of this series, we will be posting interviews with and videos of prominent climate and environmental experts. Our guest today is Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, a professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Qatar and Egypt have received a response from Hamas regarding the proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, according to a statement by the Qatari Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Astana in July, Vladimir Putin said during a meeting in the Kremlin with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, News.az reports.

Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Sahiba Gafarova, as part of her official visit to the Republic of Belarus, has met with Speaker of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of this country Natalya Kochanova and Chairman of the House of Representatives Igor Sergeenko, News.az reports.