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Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Mar 29, 2023
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Baku pushes rights of "Western Azerbaijan" in negotiations with Yerevan

Joshua Kucera Mar 29, 2023
Azerbaijan is seeking to equate the rights of the Azerbaijanis who were displaced from Armenia to those of Karabakh Armenians. Yerevan isn't having it.

Azerbaijan's strict customs regulations face renewed criticism

Mar 29, 2023
A social media post by the customs body on the confiscation of a traveler's clothes and accessories has reminded Azerbaijanis of how restrictive their country's regulations are.

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Fully 40 percent of Kazakh-Chinese trade is accounted for by dealings with Xinjiang.

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