Politics

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of condolences to Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq Al Said. “I was deeply saddened by the news of the death of prominent statesman, Sultan of Oman His Majesty Qaboos bin Said,” the President said in his message. “On the occasion …

Azerbaijan`s Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has met with Bulgarian Ambassador to the country Nikolay Yankov to discuss prospects for the military cooperation. The parties touched upon the current state of bilateral military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria, stressed the importance of expanding this cooperation. Touching upon the military-political …

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has officially opened its election observation mission (EOM) for the 9 February early parliamentary elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan, said Ambassador Peter Tejler, head of the OSCE/ODIHR EOM at a press conference in Baku. Tejler said that the mission’s …

As many as 2,296 people have applied for participation in the early parliamentary election in Azerbaijan to be held Feb. 9, said the head of the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC) Mazahir Panahov at a meeting of CEC on Jan. 6, Trend reports. Panahov said that 463 candidates for MP have been …

On January 4, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov had a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Javad Zarif. The ministers discussed the latest developments that aggravated the tension in the region. It was noted that the Azerbaijani side calls on all parties involved …

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with Sudanese Ambassador Abbas Mustafa Ahmed Abdalla who is completing his diplomatic mission in the country. The sides exchanged views on the bilateral cooperation between Azerbaijan and Sudan. Recalling the meeting of Chairman of Sovereign Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan with …

Egypt supports Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, said the country’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Adel Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim in his interview with AZERTAC. The ambassador also pointed to the meeting of the “representative” of the so-called Nagorno-Karabakh Republic with the governor of Sharm-el-Sheikh. “By mistake this official representative of the so-called Karabakh puppet republic …

A delegation of the TURKPA Secretariat led by Secretary General Altynbek Mamaiusupov and comprised of Deputy Secretaries General arrived in Tashkent to conduct a short-term monitoring of the parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan. The delegation held meetings at the Central Election Commission and City Election Commission, where they were informed in …

Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with Chairperson of the Georgian Parliament Archil Talakvadze on the sidelines of the 8th trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey in Tbilisi. The sides commended the successful cooperation between the parliaments of Azerbaijan and Georgia and exchanged views …

On the sidelines of the 8th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey in Tbilisi, Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met his Turkish colleague, Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, APA reports citing press service of the Ministry. At the meeting, a satisfaction was expressed over the development of brotherly and strategic partnership relations …