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Azerbaijan’s Minister of Emergency Situations Colonel General Kamaladdin Heydarov has met Sudan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Anas Eltayeb Elgaylani Mustafa.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations told Report that the meeting expressed satisfaction with relations between Azerbaijan and Sudan based on friendship and mutual respect, and noted that favorable opportunities exist to develop cooperation between the two countries in preventing emergencies and eliminating their consequences.

The sides emphasized the mutual benefits of cooperation between the agencies responsible for emergency management in the two countries in areas including civil defense, fire safety, the exchange of experience and the training of specialists.

Other issues of mutual interest were also discussed at the meeting.

Consumers in Azerbaijan purchased 1.3864 billion manats ($815.53 million) worth of pharmaceutical products and medical supplies through the retail trade network in January-September 2026.

According to Report, citing the State Statistics Committee, the figure was 21.5% higher than in the first nine months of 2025.

Pharmaceutical products and medical supplies accounted for 2.7% of the money consumers spent on goods purchased for final consumption during the nine-month period.

For comparison, consumers purchased 50.8 billion manats ($29.88 billion) worth of goods through Azerbaijan’s retail trade network in January-September, including 27.5 billion manats ($16.18 billion) worth of food products, beverages and tobacco products and 23.3 billion manats ($13.71 billion) worth of non-food goods.

Compared with January-September 2025, retail trade turnover increased by 3.8% in real terms, including 1.4% for food products, beverages and tobacco products and 6.7% for non-food goods.