On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on February 16 Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with the US Senior National Security Council Director Fiona Hill, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told Trend on Feb. 16.

The approval by the Judiciary Committee of the US House of Representatives of the NOPEC bill did not have a significant impact on world oil markets, Francis Perrin, Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South (Rabat) and Senior Research Fellow at the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (Paris).

An expert from the US can be brought in as a permanent adviser to Uzbek Ministry of Labor within the framework of the planned development of new Uzbek Labor Code, Trend reports with reference to the press service of Uzbek Foreign Ministry.

The Russian nanotechnology company Rusnano may become minority stockholder in the US-based electrical vehicles and batteries producer Tesla controlled by Elon Musk.

Kazakhstan and the US will sign an agreement on launching direct flights between the two countries on "open sky" principle in March, Trend reports citing Kazakhstan’s Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development Zhenis Kasymbek.

Kazakhstan and the US will construct a plant for production of corn seeds and non-GMO soybeans, according to director general of KazSeed Almas Tatishev.

Azerbaijani film "Sholler's Archive" will be screened at New Dreams International Film Festival on May 30.

The Civil Aviation Committee of Kazakhstan is completing work on the signing of an agreement on air communication between the governments of Kazakhstan and the United States on the open skies principle, Trend reports referring to the Kazakh media.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Energy Resources at the US State Department Sandra Oudkirk will visit Baku in February, Trend learned from the US Department of State.

The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a company registered in Armenia, which acted as the main sales agent for Iranian Mahan Air airline in Armenia, Trend reports citing Armenian media.