Trans-regional characteristics of Azerbaijan, rooted in geographical location, social-political intentions and historical-cultural traditions of its people, have turned these territories into a geostrategic crossroad between West and East, North and South. The Republic of Azerbaijan is the only state member both of the Council of Europe and ISESCO, and proceeding on this basis, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has initiated recently the "Baku Process" in order to bring closer these great cultures and civilizations

The book is about the cultural poicy of the Republic of Azeirbaijan. Background of the cultural policy and history

Production Sharing Agreement related to the development of “Azeri – Chirag - Guneshli” deepwater oil fields has been reflected on 400 pages and 4 languages. 13 companies (Amoco, BP, McDermott, Unocal, SOCAR, LukOil, Statoil, Exxon, TPAO, Pennzoil, Itochu, Ramco, Delta) from 8 countries (Azerbaijan, USA, Great-Britain, Russia, Turkey, Norway, Japan, Saudi Arabia) have participated in signing of the Contract of the Century