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Gojkovic to visit Azerbaijan on Thursday, Friday

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic will visit Azerbaijan on December 11 and 12 and confer with Azerbaijani top officials on promotion of bilateral relations.

During the official visit to Baku, Gojkovic will meet with President Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, the speaker's office released in a statement.

Turkey will be the primary user of Cyprus gas, PM Davutoğlu says

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu highlighted Nov. 22 the importance of the use of Cyrpus's natural resources for peace, adding that Turkey would be the primary user of gas coming out of the divided island.

Davutoğlu made the remarks in a speech at the closing session of the sixth Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit in Istanbul.

Azerbaijani soldier killed in new Karabakh clash

Armenian troops on Nov. 20 killed an Azerbaijani soldier, the defense ministry in Baku said, amid escalating tensions in the longstanding conflict over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region.

Last week, Armenia threatened "grave consequences" after Azerbaijani forces shot down a helicopter belonging to the army of the breakaway ethnic Armenian region.

VIDEO: Armenia vows ‘grave consequences’ as footage of helicopter downing revealed

Armenia threatened “grave consequences” Nov. 12 after Azerbaijani forces shot down a military helicopter, as seen in recently revealed footage that shows the incident.        

Armenian media reported the helicopter’s three crew members were killed.

Azerbaijan shoots down Armenian military helicopter: Baku

Azerbaijani forces on Nov. 12 shot down an Armenian military helicopter, the defence ministry in Baku said, in a dramatic flare-up in the arch-foes' longstanding conflict over Nagorny Karabakh.
      
The downing marks the most serious military incident along the Karabakh frontier since the 1994 ceasefire that ended a bloody conflict over the disputed region.
      

Udovicic: Serbian athletes looking forward to European Games

BAKU - Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic, who is on a working visit to Azerbaijan, met with members of the organizing committee of the First European Games, set to take place in Baku next year.

Chief Operating Officer of Baku 2015 Simon Clegg informed Udovicic about the progress of the preparations for the first continental games in the Olympic tradition.

Ministers Udovicic, Rahimov discuss improving cooperation

BAKU - Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic and his Azerbaijani counterpart Azad Rahimov met in Baku Thursday and stressed the need for realizing the objectives of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries and for establishing cooperation in the field of sports infrastructure.

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