President Ilham Aliyev has said that the Turkic world is moving toward becoming one of the influential centers of power of the century, while stressing that Azerbaijan will continue working to strengthen unity among Turkic states and peoples.
The opening ceremony of Turkic World Week, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the First Turkological Congress, was held at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku on June 29, bringing together scholars, officials and representatives of Turkic international organizations from across the region and beyond.
European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Magdalena Grono has held consultations in Baku with senior Azerbaijani officials, focusing on regional developments, Azerbaijan-EU relations, connectivity opportunities and the peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The Council of Europe must do everything possible to keep Azerbaijan within the organization. This warning was voiced in Strasbourg by Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko, who became one of the few members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to openly oppose yet another resolution on Azerbaijan.
History is usually written as a sequence of events, yet it is lived as a change in weather. Generations pass beneath the same sky without noticing that it has slowly darkened or cleared, that the plates beneath their cities have begun to move and that, sooner or later, they will collide.
President Ilham Aliyev has said that attacks on Islamic values and cultural heritage cannot be justified by appeals to freedom of expression, warning that Islamophobia has become a dangerous trend threatening mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence.
There is an old comic scene humanity has laughed at for centuries: the bride is at the altar, the guests are waiting, the ceremony is ready — but the groom never arrives. Something similar happened in Brussels on June 23, when the European side launched its Connectivity Platform dedicated to the Middle Corridor.
What are the prospects for further strengthening cooperation? What opportunities does the reconstruction of Karabakh open up for Israeli business? Is Israel ready to share its advanced technologies with Azerbaijan in water supply, innovation, and the digital economy? And how do events in the Middle East affect relations between Baku and Tel Aviv?
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have agreed to deepen cooperation in transport, logistics, energy, shipbuilding and humanitarian ties, confirming the strategic character of relations between the two Caspian neighbours. The agreements and statements came during the state visit of Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov to Azerbaijan and his expanded meeting with President Ilham Aliyev in Baku.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have taken another practical step toward a new regional reality. AzerTelecom and Telecom Armenia have signed an agreement under which Armenia will receive international internet connectivity through the territory of Azerbaijan. Under the deal, AzerTelecom will provide transit for internet traffic to Armenia using its own infrastructure.
When Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine in February 2022, many observers believed the outcome was almost predetermined. Moscow expected a rapid campaign, the fall of Kyiv and the collapse of Ukrainian resistance.
Ukraine's wartime innovation in drone warfare is generating diplomatic dividends as countries seek affordable ways to strengthen their defenses. One example is the growing partnership with Azerbaijan, which values Ukraine's experience adapting to large-scale drone, missile and electronic warfare.
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan received a delegation of heads of Arab Coordination Group (ACG) member institutions, alongside Arab finance ministers participating in the 2026 Annual Meetings of the Islamic
Pro-Armenian lawmakers in the US House of Representatives are once again trying to slow the growing partnership between Washington and Baku.
The Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank Group in Baku became more than a major financial event. They also highlighted Azerbaijan’s changing role in the wider economic geography of the Islamic world.
After heavy rains in Armenia, unusual orange streams of water flowed through the streets of Gafan. The footage quickly spread on social media and caused serious concern among both local residents and environmentalists.
Azerbaijan has achieved stronger results than expected in reducing its external debt, President Ilham Aliyev said at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank Group.
Azerbaijan is strengthening its position as one of the key energy suppliers across a wide geographic area, President Ilham Aliyev said at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank Group.
Azerbaijan has called for the removal of outdated restrictions in relations with the United States, saying that Section 907 no longer reflects the current level of partnership between Baku and Washington.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accused the opposition of undermining the peace process with Azerbaijan by reviving separatist narratives and symbols.
Azerbaijan and South Korea have discussed prospects for deepening bilateral cooperation, with a focus on political dialogue, trade, investment, digital development and energy security.
Switzerland has once again made clear that it supports the normalization process between Azerbaijan and Armenia and does not recognize any separate political entity in Karabakh.
Images from the Armenian city of Kapan, where heavy rains sent unnatural orange-coloured streams through the streets, have once again drawn attention to a problem Yerevan has long preferred to keep in the background.
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