By Sabina Alizade

In the modern world, agriculture is one of the key sectors playing a crucial role in ensuring food security and sustainable development. The rapid development of technology and the introduction of innovations have significantly changed agricultural practices, including methods of growing grain crops.

Editor's note: Moses Becker is a special commentator on political issues for News.Az, a PhD in political science and an expert on interethnic and interreligious relations. The article expresses the personal opinion of the author and may not coincide with the view of News.Az.

In a sensational statement in parliament, Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced his country's intention to quit the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), although the exact timing of this move has not yet been determined. This decision stems from several factors, including Armenia's dissatisfaction with the CSTO's actions during the conflict with Azerbaijan and the feeling that the organization failed to fulfill its obligations to Armenia.

The cost of construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Türkiye is $24-25 billion, Director of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev told Russian President Vladimir Putin, News.az reports.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has expanded the decree on measures to ensure the information security of the Russian Federation by banning government agencies, strategic and systemically important organizations from using information security services from unfriendly states from January 1, 2025.

On June 13, at 19:50, the Armenian armed forces units, using small arms, fired on Azerbaijan Army positions in the direction of Yukhari Buzgov settlement in Babak District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, News.az reports, citing the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

Turkmenistan and Pakistan discussed further development of inter-parliamentary cooperation, News.az reports.

Uzbekistan sincerely values ​​​​its relations of friendship and cooperation with brotherly Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan, Aktam Khaitov, told journalists.

The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) sold $168.7 million from its reserves last month to stabilize the lari exchange rate, which is 1.2 percent more than the volume of currency interventions for the whole of 2023, News.az reports.

Negotiations are the only way to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Madrid following negotiations with the head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez.