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Bulgaria’s outgoing parliament confirmed on Thursday a government decision to pull out of the long-stalled Burgas Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project. A total 115 lawmakers in the 240-seat legislature voted to throw out a 2007 agreement with Russia and Greece for the 280-kilometre (175-mile)

Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos will arrive in Azerbaijan in April, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Dimitrios Kourkoulas said on Thursday at a press conference on the results of his visit to Azerbaijan.

Bulgaria can expect Azeri gas via the Nabucco West pipeline in end- 2018 or early 2019, according to Christian Dolezal, spokesperson of the Nabucco consortium. “We are very optimistic because we provided everything the Shah Deniz consortium wanted. We have reached a very advanced stage

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has left for Greece. During the visit, he will participate in a meeting of the ruling group of the European People’s Party and

Strengthening of Kazakh-Romanian cooperation was high on the agenda of a meeting between Secretary of State of the Republic of Kazakhstan Marat Tazhin and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania in Kazakhstan Mr. Nicolae Ureche on March 5.

Azerbaijani-Croatian ministerial consultations are underway in Zagreb. A delegation from the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s led

Mr. Dimitrios Kourkoulas, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece will visit Baku on 6-8 March, 2013. He will meet with members of the Government of Azerbaijan, according to the Greek Embassy in Azerbaijan. He will also lead a business delegation which will participate in the Greek-Azerbaijani business forum.

Romania does not recognize the so-called “presidential elections” in Nagorno-Karabakh, Embassy of Azerbaijan in Romania said on Thursday. Romanian Foreign Ministry released a statement which considers illegal the so-called “presidential elections” held in Nagorno-Karabakh on July 19.

European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger said that the EU sees Azerbaijan as a strategic partner in the region. His statement was announced by the head of the EU office in Azerbaijan Roland Kobia during the 19th International Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference in Baku. “With a strong pipeline …

Georgia and the EU started communication on a visa-free regime on June 4. 8 EU countries voiced on November 2011 the intention to start the negotiations on visa-free regime and free trade with Georgia. The agreement on “Simplification of visa issuance procedures” in a single package with the agreement on …