Shahin Mustafayev

Armenia has returned to Azerbaijan four border villages it had seized decades ago, officials in Yerevan and Baku confirmed Friday, in a key step towards normalizing ties between the historic rivals.

The two countries in the Caucasus fought two wars in the 1990s and in 2020 for control of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

BAKU - We have come to Azerbaijan with ideas and great plans, Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said during a meeting with Azerbaijan's Minister of Economy and Industry and Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Serbia Shahin Mustafayev.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will start a two-day official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan on Tuesday.

During the visit, Vucic will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, Parliament Speaker Oktay Asadov and Minister of Economy and Industry Shahin Mustafayev.

Azerbaijan's President Alham Aliyev is on a visit to Sofia along with ministers of foreign affairs, transport economy, energy and communication.

BAKU - The level of the relations between Azerbaijan and Serbia is high and the two countries support each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity in the international arena, Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mamadiarov said on Wednesday after a meeting with Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, who is also foreign minister.

Serbia-Azerbaijan relations "excellent"

BAKU -- Azerbaijan-Serbia relations are on a high level and the two countries support each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity in the international arena.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, who is also foreign minister, will pay a two-day visit to Azerbaijan from Tuesday to meet with the country's top officials.

Dacic will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, as well as Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Tuesday during talks with Azerbaijani Minister of Economy and Industry Shahin Mustafayev that investment in production is the only way for Serbia to emerge from the crisis.