About two months ago the Armenian consul in Austria, Ashkhen Aleksanyan, was detained at Zvartnots Airport while departing for Vienna. Authorities confiscated documents that raised suspicions of espionage in favor of Azerbaijan.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the Security Council, where he touched upon relations with CIS countries.
After President Ilham Aliyev stated in an interview with Al Arabiya that in 1920 the 11th Red Army of Russia occupied Azerbaijan, a heated debate broke out in the Russian media space.
For decades, Russia has stood at the centre of the South Caucasus’ security order. No peace deal, no war settlement, no major infrastructure project could be imagined without Moscow’s involvement.
Russian drones attacked an oil depot in Odesa in Ukraine on August 17. That’s not unusual, but that night’s target was notable in one important sense — the Kremlin struck high-profile infrastructure owned by SOCAR, Azerbaijan’s state oil company.
One of the manifestations of wisdom is the ability to stop in time when current events cause concern and anxiety. In Russian-Azerbaijani relations, a critical period has come when everything is sliding downhill.
On August 28, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the European Union’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Magdalena Grono.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that the trilateral agreement signed with Moscow in 2020 is no longer in effect.
In a recent interview with Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya TV channel, the head of state recalled an undeniable historical fact: in 1920, the Russian army—by then Bolshevik—invaded Azerbaijan and occupied the country, putting an end to the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Azerbaijan Dmitry Pinevich has visited the town of Sheki, BelTA learned from Embassy of Belarus in Azerbaijan.
On 8 August, the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a joint declaration in Washington, committing to end more than three decades of conflict with US backing.
"The downing of an Azerbaijani civilian plane by Russian forces and the subsequent reaction of Russian officials caused major frustration and disappointment in Azerbaijan."
Aliyev noted that almost five years ago, during the 44-day Patriotic War, Azerbaijan restored justice, international law, and its own dignity by regaining its lands.
This was announced by Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov at a special government meeting dedicated to the results of President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Washington.
The project was implemented in partnership with the Azerbaijani company Rail Trans Service, with Azerbaijan Railways as the client.
Turkey has started construction of a 224-kilometer railway line worth $2.8 billion that will link the country with Nakhchivan via Azerbaijan.
Researchers conventionally divide the Caspian Sea into three parts, each with its own hydrological and hydrochemical regime.
Relations between Azerbaijan and Ukraine have in recent months taken on a distinctly dynamic character, moving beyond traditional diplomatic formalities.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed gratitude to US President Donald Trump "for the historic photos he kindly gifted" with his personal signature.
When people say that Russia cannot be understood with reason, they apparently mean its foreign policy. The story of the South Caucasus is a vivid confirmation of this sad axiom.
On August 20–21, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva toured the western regions of the country — the Ganja-Dashkasan, East Zangezur, and Karabakh economic zones.
At the start of the meeting, the three leaders posed for a joint photo before proceeding to a document-signing ceremony. The talks focused on expanding cooperation in energy, transport, and regional connectivity.
The 224-kilometer line will run from Turkey’s Dilucu border gate to Nakhchivan and link to the main rail network in Kars.
Iranian officials have expressed alarm, warning that the project severs Tehran’s direct land access to Armenia and reduces its role as a transit hub.
- Aliyev says Turkic world is emerging as a major center of influence
- Baku hosts Turkic World Week honouring landmark 1926 Turkological Congress
- EU envoy holds talks in Baku ahead of high-level engagement with South Caucasus
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- A leader forged by patience and victory
