It borders russia to the north, iran to the south, with the caspian sea on one side, and georgia and armenia on the other. I want to explore the many faces of azerbaijan, both old and new, through its people, culture and food to find out more about this diverse and complex country. Baku is a swing its a jazz fish, yeah my favourite i love fish. Nazrin, hi. And, there are horses yeah. I didnt know were going to have horses. Im also here to find out why the likes of you and me, potential tourists, are seen as the bright new hope as an alternative to black gold. So, welcome to azerbaijan. When you look at the guidebook, or on travel websites, or in fact almost anything about azerbaijan, they all start by telling you the same thing azerbaijan is the land of fire huge natural gas and oil deposits are so close to the surface that they cause these natural fires to spring out of the ground. Fires which burned continuously for over 4,000 years were once common across azerbaijan, but this is now
so, welcome to azerbaijan. when you look at the guidebook, or on travel websites, or in fact almost anything about azerbaijan, they all start by telling you the same thing azerbaijan is the land of fire! huge natural gas and oil deposits are so close to the surface that they cause these natural fires to spring out of the ground. fires which burned continuously for over 4,000 years were once common across azerbaijan, but this is now the last. right up here, it s really, really pretty hot right up to your face you can really sense it. the whole of my body is really, really hot. this is incredible! it s. ..beautiful and bewitching at the same time. 2,500 years ago, these fires enticed zoroastrian priests from persia, who considered them a divine miracle. no wonder people for thousands of years have pretty well worshipped at this, certainly felt spiritual about it. i do it s overwhelming. but, halfway through the 19th century, azerbaijan s natural wonders attracted a differ
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that situation reversed. and he will hope to hear concrete commitments from him to work on that problem. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more on the talks. mr yoav gallant is here for the second time in washington, dc. last time he was here in march, he is meeting his counterpart, the defence secretary lloyd austin and you mentioned the secretary of state antony blinken as well as the head of the cia and he will be discussing the next phase of the war in gaza, but also those increasing tensions on the lebanese border, which is of huge concern for the americans because of concern about what that might open up in the middle east. the prosecutor for the international criminal court has requested an arrester for yoav gallant, alleging he is responsible for war crimes in gaza and crimes against humanity but the us has rejected that, and they see yoav gallant as a crucial voice and a crucial ally, especially since mr vote once a day voice and a crucial ally, espec