On August 25, 2025, UK Minister for Europe Stephen Doughty paid an official visit to Baku, marking the first such engagement by a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Minister for Europe since 2023.
In an exclusive interview, Israeli analyst Alexander Gur-Arie discusses Israel’s strike on Qatar, Qatar’s mediation role, and the rising but unlikely prospect of a Türkiye–Israel confrontation.
Peace in the Caucasus could provide the keystone to connect Europe and Central Asia through the Middle Corridor.
Official Yerevan is making yet another attempt to mend ties with Moscow. As the Speaker of Armenia’s Parliament, Alen Simonyan, announced, Nikol Pashinyan will visit Russia in the coming days, with a meeting planned between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Azerbaijani track was overseen by GRU officer Valery Chernyshov. Moscow received “background reports” on well-known officials, military officers, and public figures from the republic.
The Zangezur Corridor will link Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan, boosting trade from Türkiye to Central Asia and the economy in the broader region.
In a recent development, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on August 11 allocating $2 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
“Think tanks” are beginning to play an increasingly important role in modern global politics. The 13th session of the CICA Think Tank Forum, held in Baku, demonstrated this once again.
In particular, the order given by the Commander-in-Chief, Great Leader Ilham Aliyev, to the Azerbaijani Army in 2020 marked an unprecedented moment in world military history.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is at a crossroads, evolving from an area-specific security forum to a multi-dimensional tool of regional cooperation, connectivity, and diplomacy.
Aide to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration, Hikmet Hajiyev, held meetings with Chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Brian Mast and Senator Steve Daines.
On September 9, representatives of the Certified U.S. Trade Mission visited Azerbaijan to discuss expanding cooperation on the Middle Corridor.
The opening of the Zangezur Corridor (TRIPP), which will connect Azerbaijan’s main territory with the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic through Armenia’s Zangezur (Syunik) region, is a historic step that will shape new geopolitical and geoeconomic realities in the South Caucasus in 2025.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has hailed the Zangezur Corridor as a key transport route that will link continents and enhance regional cooperation.
Early in the morning, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation released a statement about the detention of an Azerbaijani citizen who, it claims, was preparing a terrorist attack in the Stavropol region on the instructions of a terrorist organization operating in Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov once again decided to comment on the talks between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Washington.
The recent announcement that the OSCE Minsk Group has officially ceased to exist marks another diplomatic victory for Azerbaijan and brings peace in the South Caucasus one step closer.
Azerbaijani-Hungarian relations in recent years have shown steady progress, reflecting not only the growth of mutual trade but also the transformation of cooperation into a strategic partnership covering a wide range of areas — from agriculture and pharmaceuticals to energy and the “green” economy.
Today, Azerbaijan’s investments in the Middle Corridor and trans-Caspian transport infrastructure offer Central Asia crucial access to European and Turkish markets, bypassing traditional dependency routes.
Last month, following a successful visit to Washington, where he signed a historic peace agreement with Armenia, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev traveled to Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan, for meetings with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the chairman of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan.
The SCO stands at a crossroads. Türkiye and Azerbaijan’s participation in the Tianjin summit, and their aspirations for full membership, highlight the organization’s growing global appeal.
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizada has rejected statements made by Russia’s Foreign Ministry concerning insurance payments following the downing of an “Azerbaijan Airlines” (AZAL) aircraft and on the state of Azerbaijan–Russia relations.
A MiG-29 in the livery typical of Azerbaijani fighters was spotted in the Ukrainian sky with the insignia of the Ukrainian Air Force.
A pivotal challenge lies in Armenia’s constitutional reform process. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has explicitly linked the peace treaty’s signing to changes in Armenia’s constitution — specifically, removing references to Armenia’s 1990 independence declaration and the 1989 Nagorno-Karabakh unification act.
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