Politics

After a 25-year break, the UN Security Council held discussions on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict on September 29 and October 19, said Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev. Hikmat Hajiyev said: “We regret to say that despite the adoption …

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had a phone conversation with Nariman Hamidov, father of National Hero Shukur Hamidov who was martyred for the liberation of Gubadli. The head of the state expressed condolences over the death of Shukur Hamidov, noted that he was awarded the title of National Hero of Azerbaijan …

Another usual exchange of views took place at the meeting between Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, Lead Analyst of the Russian Agency for Political and Economic Communications, political expert Mikhail Neyzhmakov told Trend. Neyzhmakov made the remark commenting on the fact of the president’s appeal …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has released a statement on the continued attacks of Armenia on the residential settlements of Azerbaijan situated far from the conflict zone. The statement reads: “The armed forces of Armenia in a blatant violation of its obligations under international law, including international humanitarian …

Israel’s relations with Azerbaijan are based on close friendship and deep historical roots, and there is large-scale cooperation between the two countries, Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan George Dick said, Trend reports. Dick made the remark during his visit to the sites of destruction caused by a missile strike of the …

“All our frontline towns and villages come under fire every day. According to the information provided to me today, 190 shells hit Tartar district alone from 6 to 8 o’clock in the morning. More than 90 shells hit Aghdam district. There have been days when 2,000 shells landed in Tartar …

Some resolutions clearly confirm the internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan, while Armenia is obliged to withdraw from the occupied territories, a well-known Russian political scientist, Head of the Center for Strategic Analysis of the Russian Institute for Innovative Development, Andrei Ivanov told Trend. “International law is arranged in such a …

Pakistan supports Azerbaijan’s right of self-defense, Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said during the phone conversation with his Azerbaijani counterapart Jeyhun Bayramov on October 20. During the conversation, Minister Bayramov briefed Qureshi about the current situation in the region. He noted the violation of humanitarian ceasefire by the …

The volume of Azerbaijan’s export of oil and oil products to neighbouring Georgia increased by 30.3 percent during the period of January-September 2020, local media has reported. During the reporting period, Georgia imported 160,136 tons of oil and oil products worth $48.6 million from Azerbaijan. Thus, the cost of products imported …

First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has made an Instagram post on the liberation of several villages of Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Khojavand, Zangilan districts and the city of Zangilan from occupation. AZERTAC presents the post: “I congratulate our people on the occasion of the liberation of a whole number …