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Presidents Tokayev and Aliyev with officials in front of a map of the Trans-Caspian fiber-optic cable in Baku

Kazakhstan Gets a Caspian Data Route, but No Price or Traffic Figure

Presidents Tokayev and Aliyev launched a 380-kilometer fiber-optic line across the Caspian seabed on Thursday. Neither government has published the final cost or how much traffic the new route will carry.

October 16, 2026

by Akihito Muranaka

Iranian and Azerbaijani delegations seated along a long table during Ilham Aliyev's meeting with Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni in Baku

Iran’s Interior Minister Briefs Aliyev on Talks Neither Side Names

Iran's interior minister told Azerbaijan's president he had briefed him on ongoing negotiations aimed at easing regional tensions, according to the presidency's readout. Neither government says who is negotiating with whom, or what has been agreed.

October 14, 2026

by Akihito Muranaka

Sri Lanka's delegation led by Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev seated at a long table in Baku

Sri Lanka Thanks Azerbaijan for Disaster Aid, but No One Says What Was Sent

Sri Lanka's foreign minister thanked Azerbaijan's president for humanitarian assistance during recent natural disasters, according to

Ghost races and stress weeks: F1 designs emergency calendars

London – The Formula 1 emergency season with 19 races still running could start in Europe – without spectators, if need be, and ideally in July. The top of the racing series

April 10, 2020

News·Sports

Formula 1 postpones Canada races and extends work break

Montreal » Formula 1 is being slowed down by the corona pandemic, and now has to postpone the Canada race planned as the ninth round of the season. The organizers of the

April 8, 2020

Sports

Repression in Azerbaijan: under surveillance

Even if it sounds cynical: For Azerbaijan permanent president Ilham Aliyev, Corona is a godsend. Now that the whole world is concerned with the pandemic and also to a certain extent with itself,

March 26, 2020