«We support the efforts of the OSCE MG and both Armenia and Azerbaijan aimed at eliminating the differences, however our policy has not changed,» a US State Department representative said.

Prominent scholars from Armenia, Russia, the US, Germany, Iran will take part in the conference.

From now on the president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev will receive a salary of 90 million manats or approximately 19600 US dollars, which makes 239 thousand dollars per year. With this increased salary Ilham Aliev becomes the highest-paid president in CIS and one of the highest-paid presidents in the world. Meanwhile, it is worth mentioning that by living standards Azerbaijan is behind the half of African states.