By empty (7/6/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on 4 July scheduling the upcoming parliamentary election for 6 November. Meeting in Baku on 5 July, the Central Election Commission set a 24 July deadline for the nomination of candidates, who must submit the required lists of signatures in support of their nomination by 28 August. The election campaign will last from 7 September-5 November.

By empty (7/5/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Russian and Kazakh presidents Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev are expected to sign a package of energy agreements Wednesday, which they think will promote trade between the two countries and draw their economic interests closer. \"We will sign major energy agreements which will increase trade and help draw Russia and Kazakhstan\'s economic interests closer together,\" Nazarbayev told Putin in Astana on Tuesday. Putin said in turn that the agreements are the outcome of joint work and would mark a major step forward.

By empty (7/1/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged on 30 June to uphold Turkish support for Azerbaijan\'s position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, RFE/RL\'s Armenian Service reported. Erdogan reaffirmed that any normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations will continue to remain conditional on the withdrawal of Armenian forces from all areas of Azerbaijan. President Ilham Aliyev also promised to \"help northern Cyprus to find a way out of isolation\" by granting diplomatic recognition of passports issued by northern Cyprus and announced that a delegation of Azerbaijani businessmen will be sent to northern Cyprus.