Building deeper relations with the Arab world is one of the important elements of President Ilham Aliyev's multi-vector foreign policy aimed at securing Azerbaijan's national interests and further strengthening Baku's position in the world.
Azerbaijan will continue to boost exports of gas, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said.
The State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and the United Arab Emirates’ Masdar have entered into a partnership on offshore wind and green hydrogen projects in Azerbaijan.
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine on Sunday condemned in the strongest terms the normalization of relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Zionist enemy.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, accepts invitation of Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen to attend opening of Azerbaijani embassy.
The news agenda of the South Caucasus has been filled with the protests of Azerbaijani eco-activists on the Lachin–Khankendi road. On this road, which starts on the Azerbaijan–Armenia border and extends to the Azerbaijani city of Khankendi, civil protests have been organized since 12 December 2022.
A group of 19 members of the Milli Majlis responded with a letter to the message of 30 Israeli MPs, including 9 ministers.
On January 14, the Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, held an official meeting, citing Defense Ministry.
South Caucasus, Karabakh, Lachin corridor have always been of great importance in terms of strategic location, natural resources, minerals.
One wonders if some of the self-professed "masters of information warfare" have at least learned school arithmetic. This is a question we cannot help asking after President Ilham Aliyev's interview with local TV channels: one of the issues discussed was some particularly frisky "experts" accusing Azerbaijan of reselling Russian gas to Europe.
When he began in 2019, George Deek was the first Christian Arab to represent the Jewish state. Now his host country will be the first Shi’ite state to open an embassy in Israel.
How interesting. French President Emmanuel Macron does not want to apologize to Algeria for the years of colonization, atrocities and genocide of Algerians, while European countries and international organizations are trying to make Turkey apologize for the "Armenian genocide" that never happened.
On Tuesday (10 January 2023), the UK FCDO and ECJU have updated their Guidance on the arms embargoes in place on Armenia and Azerbaijan to clarify that:
Iran and Turkey share a history of deep rivalry spanning centuries. Where in the medieval and early modern period, they fought expansionist wars in the Middle East, nowadays their competition is more subtle, but nevertheless covers entire regions and numerous countries. Increasingly, one such area is the South Caucasus.
The Community of Western Azerbaijan has voiced its demands to the government of Armenia, requesting assistance in a safe and dignified return of Azerbaijanis expelled from their homeland to their homes through an international process and ensuring their individual and collective rights upon return there. The statement disseminated by the community is as follows.
Only 40,000 Armenians live in Karabakh, said Vigen Khachatryan, an MP of the ruling Civil Contract party. Claiming that "the tension comes from the interests of Russia and Azerbaijan," the Armenian MP said that "it is necessary to shift to a direct dialogue between Stepanakert (Khankendi—Ed.) and Baku."
Russia's offer to provide a platform for Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty talks is still on the table, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said today, commenting on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's statement that the Armenian side is willing to sign a document on Karabakh based on Russian proposals.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan urged Karabakh separatists to avoid statements that could further exacerbate the situation.
The peacekeeping contingent of the Russians is unable to avoid clashes between Yerevan and Baku over the pro-Armenian separatist region. Moscow would like to replace Armenian PM Pashinyan with its own oligarch. The Kremlin seems increasingly weak in the Caucasus, an effect of the war in Ukraine.
Ilham Aliyev, Guido Crosetto discuss 'good prospects' for enhanced cooperation in areas including energy, defense.
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, which passes through eastern and southern Türkiye, has provided world markets with over 4 billion barrels of crude as of the end of last year since it was opened in 2006.
President Ilham Aliyev signs presidential decree appointing veteran official Mukhtar Mammadov as Baku's first envoy to Israel after 30 years of bilateral relations.
Experts see the decline of Tehran's relations with Baku as a microcosm of the broader failure of President Ebrahim Raisi’s promised strong-neighbourhood agenda.
The interview of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev given to the local TV channels yesterday offered unique insights into how Azerbaijan will proceed in many economic and political aspects in the next years.
- Baku and Yerevan continue direct peace dialogue after Dilijan meeting
- Peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia cannot be rewritten by outside commentators
- Azerbaijan and US explore new projects under strategic partnership charter
- Azerbaijan and US discuss new investment and connectivity projects
- Azerbaijan-Georgia trade rises by over 41%
