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Marina Durunda: participation in European Games is a great honor for each athlete

Marina Durunda: participation in European Games is a great honor for each athlete

Azerbaijani gymnast Marina Durunda is confident that it is a great honor for each athlete to perform at the First European Games."We pay much attention to this great event in the sports world. It is a great honor for each athlete to perform at such large-scale events like the First European Games. I will try to show the maximum of what I can do and to please the audience, all people of Azerbaijan, our Federation and the head coach," the athlete said.

Bakhtiyer Khakimov on results of SCO Council of Foreign Ministers

Bakhtiyer Khakimov on results of SCO Council of Foreign Ministers

The representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Director of the Department of Asian and Pacific Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Bakhtiyer Khakimov spoke about the results of the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of SCO member states.

Tobias Ellwood to attend opening ceremony of European Games

Tobias Ellwood to attend opening ceremony of European Games

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Tobias Ellwood, will attend the opening ceremony of the First European Games in Baku.The UK will be represented by 158 athletes in the upcoming Games, Trend reports.

Minsk plans to raise its status in SCO

Minsk plans to raise its status in SCO

Belarus hopes to raise its status in the SCO to an observer, the corresponding political decision may be taken in the near future, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said.

Bakhtiyer Khakimov: "SCO members positively considering Iran's bid for accession to the organization"

Bakhtiyer Khakimov: "SCO members positively considering Iran's bid for accession to the organization"

The representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the director of the Department of Asian and Pacific Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Bakhtiyer Khakimov, said that the SCO member states are going to consider favorably a request about Iran's accession to the organization

Tehran expects Russia and China to assist in negotiations with mediators

Tehran expects Russia and China to assist in negotiations with mediators

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said at the SCO ministerial in Moscow that Tehran wanted Russia and China to help reach success in negotiations with the Group of Six. He reminded that solutions had been found in Lausanne, TASS reports.The minister emphasized that Iran was eager to cooperate with Russia in gas exports and enforcement of world energy security.

Kolokoltsev says all IS recruitment spots are known

Kolokoltsev says all IS recruitment spots are known

Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said that possible places of recruitment to IS are well known to the Russian law enforcement authorities."The places of recruitment and the heads of 'recruitment offices' are well known to the Russian law enforcement authorities, and not just in Moscow. All these places are under surveillance," RIA Novosti cited him.

Afghanistan backs SCO expansion

Afghanistan backs SCO expansion

Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani said that his country approved admission of Iran, India and Pakistan to the SCO, RIA Novosti reports.The SCO is comprised of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Afghanistan, India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan are the observers in the organization. Belarus, Turkey and Sri Lanka are dialogue partners.

Russian team solemnly sent to European Games in Baku

Russian team solemnly sent to European Games in Baku

The Round Lake training center is hosting the solemn send-off of the Russian team to the First European Games in Baku.The President of the Russian Olympic Committee, Alexander Zhukov, addressing the athletes, noted that it is a great honor to participate in the upcoming competitions.

Iranian foreign minister visits Moscow

Iranian foreign minister visits Moscow

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in Moscow. He will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and discuss the national nuclear program at the SCO security conference tomorrow, RIA Novosti reports.The foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and China will hold trilateral talks tomorrow.

Mehdi Sanaei: SCO needs Iran

Mehdi Sanaei: SCO needs Iran

Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei said that Iran is an important country for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and it would benefit from Iran 's full accession."Iran could bring its experience and the impact it has on the Middle East, the Islamic world and on the whole region to the organization. The SCO would benefit from Iran 's full accession to the organization," he said in an interview with Kommersant.

Russian lawmaker Ananskikh: sports community awaits I European Games

Russian lawmaker Ananskikh: sports community awaits I European Games

Igor Ananskikh, the head of the Russian State Duma Committee for Physical Education, Sports and Youth, said that all the sports community was excited about the start of the I European Games in Baku. In his words, Russia did its best to prepare seriously for the Games, planning to win around 40 medals.

Zarif and Lavrov to hold talks on June 4 in Moscow

Zarif and Lavrov to hold talks on June 4 in Moscow

According to the Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran, Abbas Araghchi, the bilateral meeting between Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is to be held on June 4 in Moscow.

Javad Zarif to visit Moscow on June 4

Javad Zarif to visit Moscow on June 4

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will visit Moscow on June 4 to attend a conference of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Russian President's Special Representative at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Bahtier Khakimov, said.“An invitation was sent and the Iranian Embassy has confirmed through a diplomatic note,” RIA Novosti cited him as saying.