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Preparations for a new law regulating cryptocurrency assets in Türkiye, aiming to mitigate risks associated with cryptocurrency transactions and align with international standards are considered complete.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed appointing Andrey Belousov, who previously served as the first deputy prime minister, as Russia’s new defense minister.

Numerous streets of Yerevan have been closed off since early Monday morning by demonstrators demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

An Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Sahiba Gafarova arrived in Uzbekistan for a working visit on May 12.

 Iran’s renewable electricity production reached 1.186 gigawatts in April.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant developments in the Palestinian city of Rafah in the south of  Gaza.

Azerbaijan's Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) on climate change will be presented before COP29, according to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.

The Georgian Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee approved the bill on transparency of foreign influence in its third hearing on May 13.

The Georgian Interior Ministry has arrested 20 people, including one Russian citizen, at a rally in Tbilisi against the foreign agents law, the security service said.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan assessed the negotiations with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov held in Almaty last week.

The restoration of Gubadli district's Mahruzlu and Zilanly villages has begun in Azerbaijan.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived in Ankara on May 13 for talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan aimed at maintaining the positive momentum achieved in bilateral ties in recent months.

The Azerbaijan Republic Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) has published weekly information on humanitarian demining operations conducted in the territories liberated from occupation.

The Chair-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Malta's Minister of Foreign and European Affairs and Trade Ian Borg is set to pay a visit to Azerbaijan.

Over the past three years, Russia has increased its cargo turnover with Turkey by almost 17 times, head of Transportation and Delivery Services at Avito Evgeniya Lazareva said.

Turkish nuclear capacity will be increased by 20,000 MW over two decades. This information was announced by the Minister of Economy of the Republic, Alparslan Bayraktar, during an interview with the Turkish channel TRT.

The Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia, Ravil Gainutdin, became a participant in the world consultative meeting of Islamic scholars in Istanbul, the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Russian Federation writes.

Next week, a meeting of the SCO Foreign Ministers will be held in Astana. An official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan spoke about this on May 13.