AZERBAIJAN - July 24 - Baku-Tehran Dispute Over Oilfield.The Foreign Ministry says an Iranian Air Force plane on July July: see month. 23 was flying for two hours over two Azeri A·zer·i n. pl. A·zer·is 1. A member of a traditionally Shiite Muslim people of Azerbaijan and adjacent areas of Armenia and northern Iran; an Azerbaijani. 2. The Azerbaijani language. Noun 1. oil exploration vessels in the Araz-Alov-Sharg oilfield, about 150 km south-east of Baku, and an Iranian warship warship, any ship built or armed for naval combat. The forerunners of the modern warship were the men-of-war of the 18th and early 19th cent., such as the ship of the line, frigate, corvette, sloop of war (see sloop), brig, and cutter. ordered one of them to leave the area or face the use of force. (The field, the second-biggest oil project in Azeri waters, is estimated to hold $9 bn worth of oil and gas. Tehran says the field is in its territory). BP suspends oil exploration in the disputed area and PM Artur Rasi-Zade summons summons: see procedure. summons In law, written notification that one is required to appear in court. In civil (noncriminal) cases, it notifies a defendant that he or she must appear and defend (e.g. Iranian Ambassador Ahad Gazai to protest the incident. |
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