According to the agreement, 2.25 billion cubic meters of gas will be supplied annually from the Absheron field in the Caspian Sea for 15 years.
The Trump-brokered peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia is reshaping the South Caucasus and advancing U.S. strategic interests, despite lingering opposition in Congress rooted in 1990s-era constituency politics.
The process aimed at achieving lasting peace and normalizing relations between South Caucasus rivals Azerbaijan and Armenia is set to continue in 2026, building on concrete diplomatic, political and economic steps taken over the past year.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has demonstrated its commitment to Azerbaijan's peace agenda, Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, told The Washington Times.
President Ilham Aliyev sincerely congratulated all Azerbaijanis living around the world on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis.
In 2025, President Ilham Aliyev carried out extensive and intensive official activities, as evidenced by the published statistical data.
On the eve of this, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan issued a warning: participation in armed conflicts abroad constitutes a grave crime. Under Azerbaijani law, such an offense carries a prison sentence of 8 to 20 years.
The South Caucasus had a good year. The most bitter conflict that emerged during the disintegration of the USSR between Armenia and Azerbaijan was resolved with the signing of a peace agreement in the White House.
The Embassy of Azerbaijan in Russia commented on a meeting between Ambassador Rahman Mustafayev and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin.
As of the beginning of the fourth quarter, the fund’s assets amounted to approximately $70.2 billion, representing a 16.9% increase from January to September. The final figure for the full year 2025 will be published only in the first quarter of 2026.
Women account for 50.2% of the total population of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
According to investigations by law enforcement agencies and information circulated in the media, there have recently been cases of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan taking part in the ongoing military operations between Russia and Ukraine, as well as in other armed conflicts, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan reports.
The first leaders-level summit held within the framework of the “Central Asia plus Japan” Dialogue Summit (Central Asia plus Japan Dialogue – CA+JAD) took place in Tokyo on December 20, 2025.
The letter from the Russian Investigative Committee to Azerbaijan regarding the AZAL plane crash may at first glance seem like a routine bureaucratic procedure. However, such documents often serve as indicators of deeper processes—those that are not immediately visible.
Kazakhstan's Ministry of Transport has released its interim report on the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 one year ago, stating that the aircraft suffered critical damage from external metal fragments.
The text of the bill to repeal restrictions on aid to Azerbaijan has been posted on the website of the US Congress.
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov stated that the letter from the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, announcing the closure of the case caused serious surprise in Baku.
Azerbaijan’s foreign policy, carried out under the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev, is consistent, pragmatic, and firmly focused on safeguarding national interests, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said at a press conference summarizing the outcomes of 2025.
Ilham Aliyev spoke about the revival of Karabakh, the tragic experience of war, and how international organizations that were supposedly meant to resolve the conflict in fact provided support to Armenia.
Ms. Zakharova described attacks by drones of the “Kyiv regime” on Russia’s civilian infrastructure as the root cause of the catastrophe.
It notes that the interim statement by the Kazakh side points out the absence of damage to the oxygen cylinders, which rules out the version of an internal explosion.
The absence of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev from the informal CIS summit may at first glance appear to be a procedural decision dictated by a busy schedule.
Kazakhstan's Ministry of Transport has published an interim report on the investigation into the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 aircraft, operating the Baku–Grozny flight, which crashed near Aktau.
A final decision on deploying Azerbaijani peacekeepers to the Gaza Strip has not yet been made. This was stated by Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, in an interview with Nikkei.
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