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“Turkic World Vision–2040” outlines a plan for economic cooperation and development among Turkic States. In a glo­bal landscape marked by conflicting forces of globalization and fragmentation, the debate emerges regarding the necessity and feasibility of economic integration within the Organization of Turkic States (OTS).

The emerging global economic landscape marks a transformative era, propelled by globalization, the shifting balance of power towards emerging economies, technological progress, and climate change. As the world grapples with these shifts, it becomes imperative for OTS countries to adeptly respond and seize the opportunities unfolding in this new era. Through embracing innovation, fostering inclusivity, and adopting sustainable practices, we can forge a future that is both prosperous and equitable for all. Similar to how certain organisms survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event some 66 million years ago by adapting to their environment, economies must also evolve to meet the demands of the changing global economic terrain. By promoting economic cooperation, advancing technology and innovation, championing sustainable development, fostering cultural exchange, and facilitating political collaboration among member states, OTS’s endeavors could significantly contribute to the adaptation and resilience of member economies in this new world order (Figure 1 and Figure 2)

The escalating competition among major global po­wers has had a detrimental impact on the efficacy of formal collaborations involving multiple nations. This trend is also observable in less structured forums like the G7, G20, and BRICS. However, amid these challenges, new dynamics have surfaced worldwide. For example, official documentation underscores that the OTS operates through various principal organs, including the Council of Heads of State, the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Elders, the Senior Officials Committee, and the Secretariat. The organization’s activities are further reinforced by affiliated institutions such as the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking Countries (TURKPA), the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY), the International Turkic Academy, the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation, the Turkic Business Council, the Turkic University Union, and the Turkic Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The core inquiry concerning Turkic states revolves around their simultaneous use of existing integration platforms while also exploring new integration pathways within the Organization of Turkic States. This phenomenon corresponds to what O’Reilly and Tushman define as ambidexterity. By highlighting this aspect, the challenges encountered by Turkic states have spurred us to undertake this research, which is supported by reputable think tanks from all OTS members. The ultimate outcome of Turkic states’ efforts to achieve economic competition, a blend of cooperation and competition, remains uncertain. The fact that rivals are increasingly collaborating to balance risks and rewards adds an intriguing dimension. Nonetheless, there are numerous potential advantages to bolstered economic cooperation, rendering it a priority issue for policymakers in the foreseeable future.

Pankaj Ghemawat asserts that globalization has brought people, countries, and markets closer together to an unprecedented extent, leading us to believe that national borders are now obsolete remnants of the past (Ghemawat, 2007). However, upon a meticulous examination of the data, it becomes apparent that the world is far less integrated than previously believed. A recent document from MGI reveals that the growth in global flows is currently propelled by intangible assets, services, and talent. The prevailing geopolitical dynamics are presenting considerable obstacles to global cooperation, which typically serves as a safeguard against global risks. As per the Global Trends 2040 report by the US National Intelligence Council, it is unlikely for any single nation to dominate all regions or domains, and a wider array of actors will engage in competition to advance their ideologies, objectives, and interests. The world, depicted as Separate Silos, appears fragmented into several economic and security blocs of varying sizes and strengths, with a focus on self-sufficiency, resilience, and defense. These blocs revolve around key powers such as the United States, China, the European Union (EU), Russia, and a few regional players.

In this context, regional organizations like the Organization of Turkic States assume crucial responsibilities. By promoting resilience at the regional level, they can have a cascading effect on enhancing global resilience within the multilateral system, which operates based on a rules-based order. “Turkic World Vision–2040” announces: “We are living in an age that requires a strategic vision to re­cognize and address the rapid changes worldwide and their impact on us.” Raghuram Rajan, a professor of finance, said security considerations had become “a front for all kinds of protectionism”.

The growth rate of the KOF Globalisation Index, which assesses the economic, social, and political aspects of globalization, has experienced a deceleration over the past decade. Among the members of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), Hungary emerged as the most globalized economy, scoring 83.83 on the KOF Globalisation Index and securing the 17th position in 2019. It was followed by Türkiye (56th), Azerbaijan (72nd), Kazakhstan (81st), Kyrgyzstan (91st), Uzbekistan (131st).

Diverse preferences regarding globalization stem from factors such as geo-economics, geo-politics, and the va­ried affiliations of OTS members with different regional structures. As globalization continues and overlaps with membership in various blocs, the OTS itself is growing stronger, fostering intensified direct relations among member states. Initially established in 1991 as a summit for the heads of Turkic states, the organization was founded as the Cooperation Council of the Turkic Speaking States in 2009 and transitioned from a council to an organization in 2021. With its headquarters in Istanbul, OTS aims to promote comprehensive cooperation among Turkic states.

Akinci mentioned that in the middle of Eurasia, which has been under foreign rule/influence for the past 200 years, the historical Turkic Belt stretching from the Mediterranean to the Pacific has revived again. Turkic Belt is situated in the Mackinder’s Heartland laying at the center of the world island, covering more than 4.8 million km2, in other words, bigger than EU’s territory.

If the OTS were considered a country, with its population of 174 million, GDP of $1.4 trillion, and trade turnover of $856 billion, it would rank among the top ten.

Huntington (2000), Sachs (2000), Porter (1990) argues how culture influences development. Common historic and cultural ties are a key factor not only in developing relations among the Turkic people, but also in the cooperation of other nations that share kinship ties throughout the modern world.

A graph theory is used to identify pairwise relations between Turkic States, which are made up of nodes that are connected by edges: Azerbaijan represents a node with higher degree centrality in terms of inflowing and outflowing foreign direct investment, while Turkey represents a node with high degree centrality in terms of foreign trade. High degree centrality resembles the red apple («Kızıl Elma»), which represents the main goal that OTS members pursue.

This theory is a versatile tool for studying economic networks, including trade and financial networks. Social network analysis and graph theory are applied to analyze FDI and trade networks in the Turkic World, where nodes represent countries and edges represent investment or trade connections. This approach employs centrality measures such as degree centrality (input and output), closeness centrality, betweenness centrality, and eigenvector centrality. These measures facilitate the evaluation of node influence, distance, bridging roles, and relative effects within the networks. The parameters of the network according to different types of centrality by country are given in Table 1.

The results reveal the centrality measures of Turkic States in both FDI and trade networks. Azerbaijan emerges as the primary FDI hub, followed by Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. In trade relations, Turkey stands out as the central node, exhibiting high degree centrality indicative of a diverse range of exported goods. The analysis also underscores the relationship between centrality and the relative comparative advantage index in trade.

According to results of the model Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are the countries with the highest value in terms of eigenvector centrality measure in the FDI network (Figure 3).

Furthermore, a gravity model is introduced as a function of the trade among OTS members geographic distance, countries’ econo­mic size and sharing border: More distance as proxy of transport costs negatively impacts on trade among OTS countries, while GDP and sharing border are positively correlated with trade. Although the gravity theory is applied to explain various hypotheses, research has revealed that common language, as a potent factor, has the most significant impact on trade compared to others. The model analyzes the determinants of trade among six countries while employing panel data analysis approach over the period 2000-2021

The bilateral exports and imports flow (ave­rage) of six countries are demonstrated in Table 2. The table is divided into two parts, the upper part shows the exports flow from country i to country j, and the lower part demonstrates the imports inflow of country i from country j.

It is worth to note that, all the variables of interest were estimated with the expected sign and the estimates for the gravity equation’s “traditional” variables are consistent with previous studies in the academic literature, demonstrating that the sample is representative. Estimation results deliver relatively low fit with an R-square of 0.59. This suggests that 59% of the variations in the dependent variable are explained by independent variables. F statistics given in Table 3 also indicates that the model is significant at the level of all variables of estimates.

The study concludes that GDP for importer and exporter, popu­lation for importer and exporter, destination countries were significant and signed positively. Furthermore, the distance bet­ween countries has a negative impact on bilateral trade flows whereas common border increases significantly trade between countries.

Radziyevska mentioned that the general number of regional agreements had increased quite significantly, from 445 in 2011 to 669 in 2018. The World Bank Group also encourages regional integration through trade, investment and domestic regulation; transport, ICT and energy infrastructure; macroeconomic and financial policy; the provision of other common public goods (e.g. shared natural resources, security, education). Based on the logic of the World Bank, the members of the Organization of Turkic States within the regional integration could gain substantial economic gains, such as: Improve market efficiency; Share the costs of public goods or large infrastructure projects; Decide policy cooperatively and have an anchor to reform; Have a building block for global integration; Reap other non-economic benefits, such as peace and security. Satisfactory harmonizing policies and institutions may lead to efficient output, outcome and impact in terms of environmental, social and governance issues. 

Located at the heart of Eurasia, the Middle Corridor holds the potential to enhance regional value chain (RVC) driven development by aligning context-specific RVCs with the national deve­lopment strategies of OTS members. In this way, “Turkic World Vision–2040” can help OTS members to maximize their participation in Global Value Chains (GVCs). According to the World Bank, many diverse policy areas affect the success of GVCs. They include, among others, trade policy, logistics and trade facilitation, regulation of business services, investment, business taxation, innovation, industrial development, conformity to international standards, and the wider business environment fostering entrepreneurship.

There is enough potential to boost Turkic states intraregional trade share and global and regional value chain participation rates. Since regional value chains in the area covered by OTS covers simple networks, development towards value chains in high value added sectors is possible. Investment and trade agreements among OTS members and aligning them along the Middle Corridor and lowering regulatory burden promote effective regional value chains (Figure 4).

Consequently, effective regional value chains would help mitigate and adapt to risks arising from supply shocks and facilitate sustainable economic development. Agreements within the OTS appropriately reflect investments in green industries, environmental goods and services, as well as efforts to enhance resource efficiency and reduce carbon footprint in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In this regard, the cooperation of the Turkic-speaking countries in the transport sector through the joint creation of international transport corridors and international transport infrastructure in the region will contribute to reducing risks and transport costs in the supply of export products to world markets. In particular, the joint implementation of the Maza­ri-Sharif–Kabul–Peshawar railway project will significantly reduce the time and cost of cargo transportation between the countries of South Asia and Europe through Central Asia.

 This railway will provide access to the Pakistani seaports Karachi, Qasim and Gwadar and will connect the South Asian railway system with the Central Asian and Eurasian railway systems and significantly increase the transit potential of the countries of the region. In addition, the implementation of this project will significantly increase the volume of transit traffic through the countries of the region, which will increase their income from providing transit of goods through their territories.

According to preliminary estimates, the length of this railway will be about 670 km. The project implementation period can be up to 5 years. It is planned to attract $4.8 billion of credit funds to implement the project. An important joint project in the transport sector that meets the interests of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan is the construction of the Uzbekistan–Kyrgyzstan– China railway.

The creation of the shortest joint transport corridors for the export/ import of goods to/from China will reduce the time and costs of their delivery. In particular, the construction of the Uzbekistan–Kyrgyzstan–China railway, in comparison with the routes currently used, will reduce the distance for the delivery of goods to/from China by 900 km and the travel time by 7-8 days. Uzbekistan, together with Kazakhstan, plans to build a railway and a highway along the Uchquduq-Kyzylorda route as well as a high-speed railway Turkestan–Shymkent–Tashkent. The expansion of cooperation between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in the transport sector on the formation of through transport routes in the North-South direction and back with a single tariff policy can significantly increase the transit potential of the two countries.

Business remains highly concerned about the persistent obstacles encountered within supply chains. The turmoil caused by recent disturbances after COVID-19, the growing intricacy of supply networks, and the rapid progress in data analytics have expedited the requirement for a fresh perspective on comprehensive planning from start to finish. Turkic states could frequently encounter difficulties in aligning their decision-making processes with the evolving dynamics across the entire value chain.

Empirical assessments show that deeper financial integration of OTS members would convert and allocate more savings into investments. Hence, there is an opportunity to enhance regulations concerning financial interconnectedness and macroprudential arrangements. With investment frameworks increasingly ambitious in their climate policies, economies could consider adopting a model agreement or an «opt-in» mechanism a multilateral agreement allowing economies to flexibly join and amend old agreements. This model agreement would incorporate substantive standards on environmental protection and provide access to investor–state dispute mechanisms in climate-related cases.

Islamic finance could serve as a catalyst for economic development and integration among Turkic states by providing a framework that aligns with Islamic values, mobilize savings, promote financial inclusion, support trade and investment, develop capital markets, and encourage collaboration. Its principles and practices contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic growth, while preserving cultural and religious identities within the region.

Following an examination of social constructivism, encompassing the functions of international organizations in norm emergence, norm creation, and standard-setting, Yesevi contended that the OTS has effectively served as an educator and norm creator. Consequently, Turkic identity has evolved into a collective identity, with the principles of collaborative culture and collective action becoming ingrained.

Based on the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) Strategy for 2022-2026, economic cooperation among OTS members primarily focuses on trade facilitation. This includes measures such as exploring potential Free Trade Agreements in Services and Investment, digitizing trade procedures, ensuring transparent rules and regulations, and facilitating trade-related information exchange. OTS aims to collaborate with regional and international organizations to enhance trade facilitation, establish Turkic Trade Houses, and organize Turkic World Trade Exhibitions. The strategy places significant emphasis on private sector cooperation, with key objectives such as strengthening the role of the Turkic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) in advancing economic opportunities, enhancing the institutional and legal frameworks of national chambers of commerce and industry, hosting Turkic Business Forums and business-oriented events, establishing sectoral assemblies, and promoting large-scale investment opportunities. The strategic vision for industrial development entails engaging in policy dialogues to modernize and diversify the industrial structure, promoting green transformation, cooperating with regional and international organizations in the field of industrial development, and establishing Engineering and Technology Centers. The OTS strategy also recognizes the importance of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) development and outlines modalities for promoting SMEs in specific sectors.

Financial cooperation within OTS involves the establishment of the Turkic Investment Fund, increasing the usage of national currencies in trade among member states, reducing costs associated with sending and remitting money to maximize the benefits of remittances, accelerating intra-regional investments in the banking sector, fostering cooperation among financial markets, creating a favorable environment for private sector participation in financing key infrastructure projects, and enhancing collaboration among financial institutions.

The strategy places a strong emphasis on investment promotion, including improving the investment climate in member states, boosting intra-regional investment, initiating the development of joint regional brands/products in priority sectors, and encouraging the relocation of value chains or production from third countries to member states. Participation in Global Value Chains (GVCs) is also deemed significant. To facilitate the integration process, the strategy focuses on improving the labor market, promoting human capital development, and supporting intra-regional mobility of professionals.

Nowadays, remarkable steps are being taken by leaders of Turkic states focusing on the institutional basis and arrangements that shape their economic landscape within the framework of the Turkic World Vision 2040. The economic impact of the Zangezur Corridor on the Central Asian and South Caucasus region will be decisive in speeding up trade relations and connectivity considering its potential to enhance economic relations between these regions and the European Union. Furthermore, we are witnessing the current dynamics of foreign direct investment within the Turkic region, which are shaping the interconnectedness and flow patterns of investments (Figure 5).

The economies of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Hungary, along with a comprehensive analysis of economic factors such as trade trends, investment patterns (with a focus on net FDI), fiscal and monetary policies, GDP, GDP per capita, GDP based on PPP, GDP growth, and the transport and logistics industry, indicate a promising future for the Turkic world. The economic landscapes of the Turkic states, their significance within the Turkic world, and the opportunities for cooperation and development both within and beyond the region are crucial considerations.

Taking everything into account, competition emerges as a valuable strategy for attaining economic integration and development among the Turkic states. By collaborating towards shared objectives while also engaging in competition in select domains, these states can capitalize on their strengths and mitigate their weaknesses. Nonetheless, meticulous planning and management will be necessary to maintain a balanced distribution of benefits from both cooperation and competition, ensuring that all member states derive advantages from this arrangement.

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The Caspian Sea (a unique and the world’s only saline water body with no outlet to the ocean), of which Azerbaijan is an integral part, will be in the spotlight of the world community during the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to be hosted in Azerbaijan on November 11-22, 2024. Around 70-80,000 foreign guests and tourists are expected to visit the country during COP29.

The Caspian Sea region forms the so called energy ellipse which contains around 70% of the global oil reserves and 40% of natural gas reserves, Dmitry Medvedev said while Prime Minister of Russia. So far, it has been one of the most important areas of cooperation for the quintet of countries surrounding the Caspian Sea. The Caspian Sea region is located at the intersection of continental routes. The territories of the region’s states have direct access to South Asia and Asia-Pacific region in the East; to the Black and Mediterranean Seas in the West; to the Middle East (through Iran) in the South; across Russia and farther - to the Baltic Sea coast.

Environmental aspects in the Caspian Sea region have not been large-scale so far, but have been limited to one-time campaigns and focused on preservation of sturgeon fish populations. For instance, in 2014, the leaders of 5 countries - Nursultan Nazarbayev together with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Iran Khasan Rouhani, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov – released beluga fish juveniles into the Volga River. A total of 500 beluga species were then released into the natural marine environment by the state leaders.

The realities of the present-day world made it possible to view the resources of the Caspian Sea and Azerbaijan, in general, from a different angle. Preliminary estimates suggest that just in the Azeri sector of the Caspian Sea, 157,000 MW of electricity can be generated, which is 20 times higher than the total capacity of all power plants of Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan has 9 out of 12 climate zones within its territory where the wind blows and the sun shines almost all the time, making it possible to generate green energy. Solar energy can be produced almost all over the country. As to the wind energy, the most promising areas are Khizi, Khazar, Absheron, and Gobustan districts, as well as the capital city Baku, that is to say, the eastern part of the country.

There is also big potential in Karabakh and East-Zangazur economic regions where restoration operations are underway. Solar energy abounds in Kalbajar, Lachin, Gubadli, Zangilan, Jabrail (the whole East-Zangazur economic region) and Fuzuli. Meanwhile, Kalbajar and Lachin are famous for their strong winds ranging up to 8 meters per second.

On December 17, 2022, the leaders of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary and Romania signed the Agreement on strategic partnership in the field of development and transmission of green energy, which provides for the implementation of a submarine cable project that will run under the Black Sea and deliver Azerbaijan’s green energy to Europe.

The agreement provides for the laying of a 1,100km long (685 miles) electricity cable with the capacity of 1000MW which will stretch from Azerbaijan to Romania across the Black Sea.

The European Commission has allocated 2.3 billion EUR for its laying. The project implementation will take several years.

“The agreement on strategic partnership in the field of development and transmission of green energy between Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary will be another common contribution to the energy security of Europe”, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in Bucharest.

He noted that the agreement was an important step in the creation of a green energy corridor.

During his speech, President of Azerbaijan added that in the year 2021 Azerbaijan’s export of natural gas to the European Union market was 8.2 billion cubic meters, and in 2022, 11.3 bcm. In 2023, it was expected to total at least 11.6 bcm.

Addressing the meeting in Bucharest, Ilham Aliyev also noted that at least 3 gigawatts of additional transmission capacity should be created for the first phase of Azerbaijani export.

“To integrate a growing share of renewables, we need, indeed, stronger electricity interconnections, and this is why the Black Sea electric cable between Romania, Georgia, and Azerbaijan is so important”, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said.

“It will help reinforce our security of supply by bringing electricity from renewable sources to the European Union via Romania and through Hungary,” Ursula von der Leyen said.

“As evidenced by the recently signed energy agreement between the EU and Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan is not the only, but the most important partner which will be involved in Europe’s energy supply”, Péter Szijjártó, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, wrote on Facebook earlier.

The minister said that Hungary would partly use and partly transfer green electricity supplied by Azerbaijan. The construction of the world’s longest electricity cable will be another bridge linking Caspian energy resources and the EU, and another contribution of Azerbaijan into the energy security of Europe. 

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 “We treat our chairmanship in COP29 not only as an opportunity to showcase ourselves and present our country”, President Ilham Aliyev said during the speech at the international forum themed “COP29 and Green Vision for Azerbaijan” organized at ADA University.

“We treat the chairmanship (COP29-ed.) as an opportunity to contribute really to the practical resolution of the most urgent issues on global arena”, the head of state emphasized.

Speaking about the importance of conduction of COP29 in Azerbaijan, the head of state noted: “COP29 is a sign of big respect and support to Azerbaijan from the international community”.

“We want COP29 to be successful from the point of view of tackling the issues of climate change. At the same time, it’s an opportunity to tell our story”, the President said.

Earlier, in February 2024, UAE, Azerbaijan and Brazil - the host countries of the UN climate conferences for the years 2023-2025 - said they were forming a “troika” to promote the achievement of the climate agenda objectives. This is perhaps the first coalition of countries, created not due to the geopolitical tensions but for the solution of environmental and climate challenges. Azerbaijan symptomatically remains at the heart of the peace agenda.

The parties will work over the road map to reach the goal on holding of global temperature rise within 1.5 degrees.

COP28 President Dr. Ahmad Al Jaber called this initiative important, stating “we must do everything to keep 1.5 degrees Celsius within reach”.

“We will be working together... with our friends in Baku and Brazil, to ensure that promises made in Dubai are fulfilled. Together we ensure that new agreements forged at the next COP set us on the path we need to achieve our mission,” he pointed out.

In March this year, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declared that “climate change matters for security, and therefore, it matters for NATO. Climate change is a crisis multiplier. Therefore, the challenge is that the world needs energy, but at the same time, we need to fight global warming. We need to reconcile the need for energy and environment”.

“Azerbaijan is not only exporting natural gas, but is also investing in alternative energies. So, the COP29 will be an important milestone”, the NATO Secretary General emphasized.

Stoltenberg also welcomed the growing role of Azerbaijan in gas supplies to Europe (almost 50% of Azerbaijan’s gas export goes to Europe and the volume made 11.8 bcm in 2023, according to the data of Interfax). “(…) your country is playing a more and more important role in delivering gas, but also, in the future, electricity to key NATO allies in Europe. Azerbaijan plays an important role for the resilience of our societies”, he added.

The leaders of Caspian littoral countries and of Norway, Türkiye and Denmark have been invited to COP29 in Azerbaijan, and their number is continuously growing.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov held an extended meeting with his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavsky at which the parties considered the prospects for cooperation and partnership within the framework of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to the UNFCCC.  

At the latest Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the UNFCCC, the countries reached a historical deal that calls for a transition away from all types of fossil fuel and reduction of emissions to zero by 2050. For the first time, the agreement included the commitment to phase out all fossil fuels. None of the previous climate summit agreements mentioned the abandonment of oil and gas which were the bedrock of the global economy for decades.

The agreement calls on the countries to ensure the quick and orderly abandonment of fossil fuel in energy systems. The countries also undertook to contribute to the transition process. How soon the agreement will be implemented depends on the decision that will be made by investors, consumers and national governments because even after the countries agreed two years ago in Glasgow to phase out coal, its consumption kept growing and the world is unlikely to retain the temperature rise within 1.5 degrees fixed in the Paris treaty. The text also includes agreements about tripling of RES introduction and doubling of efficiency growth rates by the end of the decade. 

Therefore, the framework conference in Baku will most likely have to concretize  the agreements already reached in UAE, as well as to call the planet’s attention to the promotion of investments to address such issues as the planet’s dwindling drinking water resources, perseveration of flora and fauna of landlocked water bodies and use them for commercial purposes, raising of the level of environmental responsibility of the entire oil-gas industry with the aim to reduce environmental pollution to net zero and ensure transition to renewable energy sources.

“We will make all efforts for COP29 to become a success story”, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev wrote in his account on the social network X. 

The President emphasized that Azerbaijan consistently supports global climate action and implements various energy efficiency measures.

“Clean environment and green growth are among our national priorities. Renewable energy is gaining momentum in Azerbaijan”, the head of state underlined. I.Aliyev noted that hosting of the COP29 session in 2024 “stems from Azerbaijan’s firm determination to contribute to global efforts to cope with climate change”.

Видади Мамедов назначен на должность начальника Исполнительной службы Министерства юстиции Азербайджана.

Как сообщает Caspian Energy Media, соответствующим приказом министра юстиции Азербайджана Видади Мамедов был назначен на должность начальника Исполнительной службы.

Видади Мамедов родился в 1974 году. В 1997 году он окончил университет Докуз Эйлюль Турецкой Республики со степенью бакалавра по специальности юриспруденция, в 2004 году - университет Азербайджан со степенью магистра по специальности юриспруденция.

Начав свою трудовую деятельность в 1998 году юристом в Объединенной детской больнице Шекинской центральной районной больницы, Видади Мамедов в 2001-2003 годах работал на различных должностях в Исполнительной службе министерства юстиции, а в 2003-2007 годах - в Главном управлении регистрации и нотариата.

С 2007 года он работал судьей Низаминского районного суда города Баку, а с 2010 по 2022 годы - судьей и председателем Административно-экономической коллегии Бакинского апелляционного суда.

С 2022 года до сегодняшнего назначения Видади Мамедов работал судьей Гражданской коллегии Верховного Суда Азербайджанской Республики.

Распоряжением Президента Азербайджанской Республики от 11 февраля 2023 года Видади Мамедов награжден медалью "Терегги".

Son günlər bölgələrdə müşahidə olunan qeyri-sabit və yağmurlu hava şəraitindən sonra ölkə ərazisinin bəzi yerlərində ekzogen-geoloji proseslərin dinamikasında aktivlik müşahidə olunur.

Caspian Energy Media ekologiya nazirliyinə istinadən xəbər verir ki, yağan yağışlardan sonra şimal bölgəsində, Xınalıq kəndindən 2 km şimal-şərqdə, İsmayıllı rayonunun Qoydan kəndində və Bakı-Şamaxı-Yevlax yolunun Qobustan rayonu hissəsindən keçən 75-ci km-də sürüşmə və çökmə prosesləri qeydə alınıb.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev’s meeting with President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping has commenced in Astana, Caspian Energy Media reports with reference to the official website of the President of Azerbaijan.

Назначен новый советник министра юстиции Азербайджана.

Как сообщает Caspian Energy Media, соответствующим приказом министра юстиции Азербайджана Сейфалпаша Алиев назначен на должность советника министра юстиции.

Сейфалпаша Алиев родился в 1992 году. Он с отличием окончил юридический факультет Бакинского государственного университета со степенью бакалавра по специальности "право" и магистра по специальности "коммерческое право".

В 2024 году он получил степень магистра права в Кембриджском университете в рамках престижной стипендиальной программы правительства Великобритании Chevening Scholarship.

Трудовую деятельность Сейфалпаша Алиев начал в 2015 году в качестве ведущего консультанта юридического отдела Комиссии по вопросам государственной службы при Президенте Азербайджанской Республики.

В 2016-2020 годах он работал на различных должностях в Аппарате судебно-правового совета, в секторе противодействия коррупции и судебного мониторинга Аппарата, а с 2020 года до сегодняшнего назначения занимал должность заведующего этим сектором.

В 2018-2022 годах он также занимался педагогической деятельностью на юридическом факультете Бакинского государственного университета и в школе бизнеса Азербайджанского государственного экономического университета.