The French water management company proposed to create an innovative system of water supply and control, its management, and also to reduce the amount of consumed water in Uzbekistan.

New Caledonia, a French island territory in the Pacific, located 18,000 kilometers (11,000 miles) from France, has begun voting in an independence referendum, with about 175,000 people able to cast their vote at 284 polling stations.

Turkey and France will discuss regional issues during the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to France, the Turkish media reported citing a diplomatic source on Nov. 2.

France does not recognize the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic", the agreements signed by the local executive bodies do not impose any responsibility on the French government for their implementation and these agreements do not have any legal force, the French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Aurelia Bouchez stated on Oct. 29, the French diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan said in a message.

The office branch of Azerbaijan Translation Center has solemnly opened in France in order to promote Azerbaijan's national literature abroad.

The Minister of Defense and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan Beibut Atamkulov has held talks with the leaders of the French Airbus Defense and Space (Airbus D & S) company, Kazinform reported with reference to the press service of the ministry.

Azerbaijani artists continue to conquer the world's art scene. Works of national artists were presented in ASMAR Art pavilion at Art Shopping Gallery, Trend Life reported.

Following the meeting of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev with the leaders of the largest French companies agreements were signed on the implementation of investment projects worth about 5 billion euros.

Holding the Francophonie Summit in Armenia, a country dominated by fascism and ethnic strife, offends culture and humanism, Azerbaijani MP Hikmet Babaoglu told Trend October 8.

Uzbekistan and France signed investment agreements on projects totaling about 5 billion euros ($5.75 billion), the press service of the president of Uzbekistan announced, referring to the results of the meeting of Shavkat Mirziyoyev with management of the largest French companies during an official visit to France.