Prime Minister Artur Rasizade of Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani Prime Minister voiced hope that the agreements, reached during the first official visit of the foreign minister of the fraternal country will promote further expansion of ties between the two.

Azerbaijani Premier Artur Rasizade said that documentation over construction of Kars-Akhalkalak-Tbilisi-Baku railway project will be complete in January and an agreement on construction will be signed.

Rasizade said that the ministers also discussed the energy exchange between the two trans-Caucasus republics in the winter, the construction of power lines that are to link Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, as well as the participation of Azerbaijani companies in the construction of electric stations in Georgia.

Azerbaijan will cease exporting oil to Russia via the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline Jan 1, 2007, Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade said Dec 6.

Azerbaijan will cease exporting crude to Russia via the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline, Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade said Dec 6, confirming a previous announcement by President Ilham Aliyev.

Rasizade said that the price of gas in Azerbaijan is much cheaper than its cost is.

Azeri PM receives EkerThe New Anatolian / Ankara31 December 2007Font Size: defaultmediumlargeAzerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade received Turkish Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Mehmet Mehdi Eker and an accompany delegation in Baku on Saturday.

Indeed, the opposition Hurriyet daily published an unsubstantiated report claiming that Rasizade has already submitted his resignation.

Azerbaijan`s Prime Minister Artur Rasizade met Tuesday with Speaker of Russia`s State Duma Boris Gryzlov.