Politics

Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov has met with his Georgian counterpart David Zakaliani in Istanbul.

Speaker of Azerbaijan`s Parliament Ogtay Asadov has met with Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus Ambassador Rudolf Michalka to discuss the issues of bilateral cooperation between the country and the organization. Asadov noted that Azerbaijan attaches great importance to the development of relations with leading international …

  By Narmina Mammadova There is a great potential for cooperation between Azerbaijan and Estonia, Vice-President of the Estonian Parliament Kalle Laanet said during a meeting with  Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on October 23. Mammadyarov welcomed the Vice-Speaker and said that relations between Azerbaijan and Estonia were successfully developing. …

First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has met with President of the Senate of the Italian Republic Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati. The meeting was held at Azerbaijan`s national pavilion at “Milan Expo-2015” World Exhibition, which was reconstructed in the territory of the Seaside National Park. First Vice-President …

According to the training plan for 2018 approved by the Minister of Defense, the Rocket and Artillery formations are conducting live-fire exercises, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry said. “In the course of the exercises, artillery units work out actions to make a march, to reach concentration areas, to occupy firing and starting …

Iran has always been one of the most attractive countries in the world, including the region. It is not just about its rich underground and surface resources, but also its political, economic, social and cultural interests. Recent developments in the Islamic Republic are in world’s spotlight. So what’s happening in …

It is a historical fact that India had illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir by landing its troops in Srinagar on 27th October, 1947 against the wishes of the Kashmiri people and in total disregard to the Partition Plan of the Indian subcontinent that had resulted in the formation of two …

The intra-Syrian talks in Astana on January 23 resulted from active diplomatic efforts by Russia, Turkey and Iran. Currently the three are synchronizing their diplomacy and military operations in the Syrian conflict. Despite the tangled web of disagreements between external and internal actors, the regional powers know that resolving the …

The arrest of a travel-blogger Alexander Lapshin, a citizen of Russia, Israel and Ukraine, by Belarusian authorities and his extradition to Azerbaijan (1news.az, February 7) is an interesting case for a number of reasons, and particularly in the context of the unresolved Karabakh conflict. His arrest mobilized influential Armenian expatriate …

Background of Hostilities The conflict dates back to February 1988, while both republics were part of the Soviet Union, when Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous oblast (NK) and in Armenia started mass rallies for the incorporation of this part of Azerbaijan into Armenia,[i] appealing to central authorities in Moscow to meet …