Azerbaijan increases hazelnut export revenue
Hazelnut exports brought Azerbaijan $100.2 million in 2026, showing a 21.5% increase in value compared with the same period last year.
Hazelnut exports brought Azerbaijan $100.2 million in 2026, showing a 21.5% increase in value compared with the same period last year.
Azerbaijan more than doubled its watermelon shipments to Russia in the first half of 2026, totalling 7,400 tonnes and generating over $4 million in revenue.
The next batch of wheat has been transited from Russia to Armenia through Azerbaijan, the press service of Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) reported.
Electricity exports from Azerbaijan to Russia increased in the first half of 2026, according to the Azerbaijani State Statistical Committee.
The Asian Development Bank has begun preparing designs for the modernisation of Azerbaijan's Bilajari–Yalama railway, with work expected to start in February 2027.
A freight train carrying 1,400 tonnes of wheat in 20 railcars will depart from Russia to Armenia via Azerbaijani Bilajari station.
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have been named as the largest foreign purchasers of grain from Russia's Saratov Region.
Swiss authorities have imposed sanctions against Russian companies, as well as individuals and legal entities.
Eight wagons of wheat and 10 wagons of coal will be sent from Russia to Armenia via transit through Azerbaijan.
Another shipment of cargo from Russia to Armenia via Azerbaijan took place today, according to Azerbaijan Railways CJSC.
Russian wheat shipments to Armenia via rail transit through Azerbaijan are ongoing, with another train scheduled to depart on Thursday.
Russian citizens will be able to cast their ballots in Baku on September 20, when a polling station will open at the consular section of the Russian Embassy for the State Duma elections, the Russian embassy in Azerbaijan has announced.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday to discuss bilateral relations and international issues.
Russia and Azerbaijan discussed expanding cooperation in agriculture and improving water resources management, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Agriculture reported.
During his visit to Azerbaijan, the Russian President's Special Representative held talks with the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister on a range of issues, including cooperation related to the Caspian Sea.
Azerbaijan earned over $95 million from hazelnut exports in the first half of 2026, marking a 25% rise compared with the same period last year.
Direct flights between Russia and Azerbaijan on several routes are expected to resume soon, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said following the talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed confidence that progress would soon be achieved in implementing the North-South international transport corridor project.
Russia and Azerbaijan are working to fully realize the potential of their bilateral relations as outlined in the Moscow Declaration on Allied Cooperation, signed on February 22, 2022.
The Foreign Ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan will hold talks in Moscow to discuss the development of bilateral relations and current regional issues.