05.10.2011 | Readed: 827
Azerbaijan`s prime minister Artur Rasizade expressed his country`s interest in expanding cooperation with North Caucasus. Rasizade met a Russian delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Khloponin. "Azerbaijan and......
05.10.2011 | Readed: 773
Azerbaijan signed agreements on economic cooperation with three republics of the Russian Federation. Azerbaijan inked framework agreements with the Russian Federation republics of Ingushetia, Karachay-Cherkessia and Dagestan. The cities of Sumgayit and Nevinomyssk, in Russia`s......
05.10.2011 | Readed: 799
On October 4th Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov met newly appointed ambassador of the United Kingdom to the country Peter Bateman. The ambassador handed over a copy of his credentials to the Azerbaijani Minister, expressing satisfaction with his appointment.......
05.10.2011 | Readed: 842
Interior Ministers Ramil Usubov of Azerbaijan and Rashid Nurgaliyev of Russia attended a meeting on concerted efforts to ensure public order and fight transnational organized crime in frontier regions. The meeting discussed professional interaction, crime situation in frontier areas.......
30.09.2011 | Readed: 825
Azerbaijan`s first deputy prime minister Yagub Eyubov met participants of the 29th meeting of the CIS Coordinating Council of the Intergovernmental Courier Communications Service. Eyubov highlighted Azerbaijan`s cooperation with CIS counties. He spoke of Azerbaijan`s economic......
30.09.2011 | Readed: 814
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, released the following statement: The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the......
30.09.2011 | Readed: 771
Executive Director of the London Information Network on Conflicts and State-building (Links) Dennis Sammut said the European Union should increase pressure on Armenia to withdraw its troops from Azerbaijani territory. Sammut spoke to a fringe debate entitled 'Russia, Azerbaijan and......
30.09.2011 | Readed: 765
Azerbaijan`s Central Election Commission has announced the date of re-elections, additional and new elections for some municipalities. Chairman of the Commission Mazahir Panahov said: "A decision was made to hold re-elections, additional and new elections for municipalities. In accordance......
30.09.2011 | Readed: 824
Azerbaijani minister of internal affairs, Colonel-General Ramil Usubov received the head of the OSCE Baku Office Koray Torgay. Usubov praised the cooperation between the Interior Ministry and the OSCE. He said that the Ministry has established close cooperation with the OSCE Office......
30.09.2011 | Readed: 793
The meeting of the GUAM Foreign Ministers Council took place Thursday here. The meeting saw debates on expansion of cooperation among GUAM member states. The event culminated with adoption of the Warsaw declaration on Prospects for Cooperation and European......
29.09.2011 | Readed: 812
"Azerbaijan still maintains its interest, motivation and patience in this very hard and sensitive process of negotiations" Azerbaijan`s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov said in his speech in the 66th General Assembly of the United Nations. Welcoming the adoption of the......
29.09.2011 | Readed: 783
The gatherings of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2012 are likely to be held in Turkey, or Azerbaijan, Ahmed Davutoglu, foreign minister of Turkey told a new conference in New York. Noting that official Ankara intends to......
28.09.2011 | Readed: 755
On September 27th Speaker of the Milli Majlis Ogtay Asadov met with visiting Chair of the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee Joseph Simitian. Asadov pointed out the people and leadership of Azerbaijan put special emphasis on development of relationship with the United......
28.09.2011 | Readed: 793
"The Nagorno Karabakh conflict must be settled on the basis of Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity," said Roberto Mario Mouilleron, head of the Azerbaijan-Argentina interparliamentary friendship group, chief of the permanent commission on labor legislation at the Argentine Chamber of Deputies.......
28.09.2011 | Readed: 816
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov has held several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly`s 66th session in New York, including with Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu, Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari and Syrian counterpart Walid Al-Muallim. They discussed......
27.09.2011 | Readed: 787
Azerbaijan`s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov made a report in the Coordination Meeting for Foreign Ministers of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) within framework of the 66th General Assembly of the United Nations. The Azerbaijani FM said: "We live in a time......
25.09.2011 | Readed: 852
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with the co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France and Robert Bradtke of the United States, as well as with Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, where the 63rd......
16.09.2011 | Readed: 851
On September 15th President of Montenegro Filip Vujanović kicked off an official visit to Azerbaijan. A guard of honor was lined up at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport decorated with the national flags of Azerbaijan and Montenegro. At the Heydar Aliyev international airport,......
15.09.2011 | Readed: 805
European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus Philippe Lefort met Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs/State Secretary Grigory Karasin in Moscow. They discussed problems in the South Caucasus, as well as settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan......
15.09.2011 | Readed: 1250
The first session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly started in Strasbourg on September 14tth. At the first day of the session, the participants exchanged views on a number of issues, including human rights, democracy, economic integration and energy security. A recommendation......
15.09.2011 | Readed: 788
On September 23, in Baku at the regular meeting of the committee on cooperation between Azerbaijan and the European Commission the sides will discuss the perspectives of the development of relations. The agenda includes issues concerning cooperation, in particular in the energy sphere.......
14.09.2011 | Readed: 885
On September 13th Azerbaijan`s first lady, UNESCO and ISESCO Goodwill Ambassador, chairwoman of Azerbaijan-France friendship group, MP Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva met President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher here. They underlined cooperation between the Senate and Azerbaijan was continuing.......
14.09.2011 | Readed: 782
Defence Minister of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev met Pakistan`s new ambassador Inayatullah Kakar. The Minister said there was successful cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan in all spheres, particularly military one. They also exchanged views on the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno......
13.09.2011 | Readed: 862
Azerbaijani minister of internal affairs Ramil Usubov met his Uzbek counterpart Bahadur Matlyubov to discuss bilateral relations. The Uzbek minister stressed the necessity of intensifying reciprocal visits and meetings for developing the bilateral relations. "Reciprocal visits by......
11.09.2011 | Readed: 757
Following the reports of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman planning series of retribution measures against Turkey involving support for Kurds and Armenians published in Yedioth Ahronoth, Izrus website has published an article, questioning the logics of the plan. Izrus believes......
11.09.2011 | Readed: 741
Making attempts to give out the desired for the reality, the Armenian mass media have once again distorted the information to deceive the international community. As earlier reported, the Armenian mass media have disseminated information that at the meeting initiated by the Armenian "Ay......
09.09.2011 | Readed: 750
On September 8th Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade met with Governor of Russia`s Astrakhan Region Aleksandr Zhilkin. The Azerbaijani Premier extended condolences on human losses as a result of the air crash tragedy near Yaroslavl city of Russia. Rasizade highlighted......
08.09.2011 | Readed: 766
The Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict must be settled on the basis of the agreed principles, said Giedrius Čekuolis, the Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE on the protracted conflicts. Čekuolis said all international organizations support......
07.09.2011 | Readed: 774
As part of his working visit to Serbia, Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met Prime Minister of the country Mirko Cvetković on September 6th. The sides praised the current state of relationship between Azerbaijan and Serbia. They exchanged views on prospects for......
07.09.2011 | Readed: 819
On the sidelines of the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Belgrade, Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has held several bilateral meetings. Mammadyarov met foreign ministers and heads of delegations of Egypt, Lebanon, Mali, Ghana, Cambodia, Sri Lanka,......
07.09.2011 | Readed: 785
"The United Nations (UN) is the greatest organization in the world and Azerbaijan attaches much importance to cooperation with the UN", Azerbaijan`s permanent representative to UN Agshin Mehdiyev said. Speaking on Armenia`s ignoring four UN Security Council Resolutions, which envisage......
07.09.2011 | Readed: 745
Representatives of think tanks and parliamentarians from Spain, Italy, Iceland, Estonia and Ukraine visited the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Azerbaijan (SAM). They were informed about the activity of the Center. The meeting focused on a wide range of issues,......
07.09.2011 | Readed: 800
The Nagorno Karabakh conflict can be resolved peacefully by heaping pressure on Armenia, taking into consideration the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group`s co-chairs and other institutions involved in international peacemaking processes, said Chief of the Presidential Administration`s department......
07.09.2011 | Readed: 798
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his French counterpart Alain Juppe will discuss the ways for settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Moscow on Wednesday, according to offical of Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich. They will also discuss......
06.09.2011 | Readed: 755
On September 5th Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis) Ogtay Asadov met the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Philippe Lefort. They discussed prospects for development of EU-Azerbaijan cooperation, settlement of......
06.09.2011 | Readed: 758
The issue regarding occupation of Azerbaijani lands is on UN agenda and whether it will be brought up for discussions depends on Azerbaijan`s decision, the country`s permanent representative to UN Agshin Mehdiyev said. "Whether this issue will be debated depends on progress of......
06.09.2011 | Readed: 777
The Embassy of Slovakia in Moscow has issued on September 5 a refutation in connection with the information published in the Russian, Azerbaijan and Armenian media on September 1, 2011, concerning congratulation sent to Nagorno Karabakh on the 20th anniversary of "independence" on behalf of......
04.09.2011 | Readed: 756
"I would not like to cast gloom at the jubilee meeting but speech by President of Armenia with respect to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh compels me to do that," Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade said at the summit of Council of CIS Heads of State. Prime Minister took the......
04.09.2011 | Readed: 818
A Summit of Council of Commonwealth of Independent States Heads of State has wrapped up in the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe. The summit decided to hold its next meeting in the capital of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat in November, 2012. The action plan in connection with the 20th anniversary of......
03.09.2011 | Readed: 794
"I condemn the occupation of the Azerbaijani lands by Armenia. This fact contradicts European values and norms and principles of international law. Armenia must leave the occupied territories of Azerbaijan," said Chairman of the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Christos......
03.09.2011 | Readed: 699
As earlier reported, the jubilee meeting of the CIS foreign ministers council dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Commonwealth was held in the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe. Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov attends the Council's meeting. Addressing the......
03.09.2011 | Readed: 709
On September 2nd The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan issued a statement on the situation in Libya. The statement reads: "The Republic of Azerbaijan respects the will of Libyan people and recognizes the National Transitional Council as a government of......