Politics
30 September 2009 [09:48]
"As an ethnic Turk, I am very glad about process of establishment of good-neighborly relations between Armenia and Turkey," Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said at a briefing at the UN Headquarters in New York.
30 September 2009 [09:37]
“The European Union supports the idea of opening the Turkey-Armenia borders and normalization of relations between the two countries”, EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby, who arrived in Azerbaijan for one-day visit, told reporters.
30 September 2009 [09:22]
President of Slovakia`s Constitutional Court Ivetta Macejkova will pay a visit to Azerbaijan on Oct. 5-8.
30 September 2009 [08:54]
The first plenary meeting of Turkic-speaking countries Parliamentary Assembly (TurkPA) took place started in Baku on Sept. 29.
30 September 2009 [08:43]
Personal Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk has promised to organize a meeting between the officials of Azerbaijani and Armenian border regions, News Armenia reported.
30 September 2009 [08:36]
The most important issue in EU relations with South Caucasus countries is to discuss to adopt a mandate on agreements on association with each of the countries in the region, said EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
30 September 2009 [08:21]
“We hope that new Secretary General of the Council of Europe will always be attentive to Azerbaijan’s fair voice”, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov said commenting on the election of Norwegian parliamentarian Tjornborn Jagland to the post of Council of Europe Secretary General.
29 September 2009 [17:46]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has ended an official visit to Romania on Sept. 29, AzerTaj state news agency reported.
29 September 2009 [17:21]
Norwegian Social Democrat Thorbjørn Jagland was elected the 13th Secretary General of the Council of Europe on Sept. 29.
29 September 2009 [17:15]
Member of the Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE Rafael Huseynov is likely to complete work on the report under the Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Regional Affairs.
29 September 2009 [17:02]
The Argentinean diplomat accused of smuggling of antiquities has been arrested in Iran, the Iranian Fars news agency reported.
29 September 2009 [16:22]
Council of Europe must use its leverage of pressure against Armenia, member of the Azerbaijani delegation to Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Ganira Pashayeva said in a response to the Chairman of CE Committee of Ministers and Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Zbogar at the plenary meeting of the organization on Sept. 29.
29 September 2009 [15:45]
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs on settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will visit Yerevan on Oct.1, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk said at Tavush district of Armenia, Novosti-Armenia reported.
29 September 2009 [15:31]
The Council of Europe has double standards, Member of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Gultakin Hajibayli said in her address to the address to the chairman of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, Slovenian foreign minister Samuel Zbogar.
29 September 2009 [15:17]
Updated version of the Madrid principles on the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict is ready and the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will submit it to the sides during the next visit to the region.
29 September 2009 [14:57]
Nagorno Karabakh region of Azerbaijan was presented as “Mountains of Karabakh” in the Armenian stand at the International Tourism Exhibition in Paris, said Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Abulfas Garayev at a press conference.
29 September 2009 [14:32]
Director General of Russia-based Efficient Policy Fund Kiryll Tanayev spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
29 September 2009 [13:54]
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will discuss renewed Madrid principles on settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict during their visit to Baku, said Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Elkhan Polukhov.
29 September 2009 [13:47]
Monitoring was held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces on Sept. 29 under a mandate by the special envoy of the OSCE chairman.
29 September 2009 [13:28]
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) holds election of the Council of Europe Secretary General on Tuesday.
29 September 2009 [12:23]
Iran could be an accepted partner in international politics if there might be a common way to tackle current and urgent issues - the nuclear issue is just one of it, says Konstantin Kosten, the European Research Fellow on Iran.
29 September 2009 [11:58]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov spoke with Trend News in an exclusive interview.
29 September 2009 [11:27]
Armenian Ex-Education Minister and Associate to Armenian Ex-President Levon ter-Petrosyan Ashot Bleyan spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
29 September 2009 [11:14]
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has pleaded guilty to authorizing wiretaps and bribes to journalists, politicians and businessmen, AP reported.
29 September 2009 [10:56]
Five Azerbaijan-Romania agreements were signed during Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's visit to Romania on Sept. 28.
29 September 2009 [10:30]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is on an official visit to Romania.
29 September 2009 [10:13]
29 September 2009 [09:45]
European Expert on Caucasus, Licinia Simao, believes the possibility of both Parliaments ratifying the protocols is a big question.
29 September 2009 [09:31]
29 September 2009 [08:49]
Without the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, there will be no progress in the Turkish-Armenian relations, said the director of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University said.
29 September 2009 [08:36]
The Turkish parliament will not approve the Ankara-Yerevan protocol, Turkish MP said.
29 September 2009 [08:21]
"Interparliamentary relations between Azerbaijan and Poland are very positive."
28 September 2009 [17:27]
Perhaps, the Armenia-Turkey protocols will be ratified, but they are unlikely to have specific content, because the talks aim not so much at normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations, but rather normalization of Turkish-Western relations, Azar Mursaliyev, Political Scientist and Chief Editor of the Russian Kommersant newspaper said.
28 September 2009 [17:14]
Chief of the Azerbaijani parliament staff does not exclude discussions over the bill on the status of ex-president during the autumn session.
28 September 2009 [16:52]
The Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries (TurkPA) will play an important role in shaping, strengthening and developing the unity of all the Turkic states, as well as in solving common problems, said the speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament.
28 September 2009 [16:36]
Azerbaijan’s Liberal Democratic Party has held its next meeting.
28 September 2009 [16:18]
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Lluís Maria de Puig offered to send a proposal on depriving Russian delegation of the voting right to the Monitoring Committee and Control Committee, APA's reporter in Europe reported.
28 September 2009 [15:53]
Azerbaijan will open embassies in five more countries.
28 September 2009 [15:41]
U.S. can do much, including to accelerate work of OSCE Minsk Group,” Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Agayev said commenting on a statement by Turkish Prime Ministers Recep Tayyip Erdogan who said U.S. President Barack Obama had promised to accelerate work of the OSCE Minsk Group.
28 September 2009 [15:22]
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) began its autumn session on Monday.
28 September 2009 [15:06]
Myths and legends from Russia's ‘Vzqlyad’('Look') newspaper.
28 September 2009 [14:48]
Monitoring will be held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces near the Mazam village of Azerbaijan's Gazakh region on Sept. 29.
28 September 2009 [14:35]
The parliament will not be allowed to ratify final version of the Turkey-Armenia protocol which will be signed between Ankara and Yerevan on Oct.10-11, Turkish MP from the Republican People's Party (CHP)Canan Aritman said.
28 September 2009 [14:23]
Reports on a second nuclear plant complicates President Obama's task, says Mark Katz, the American Expert on Iran.
28 September 2009 [14:16]
Azerbaijani members of parliament predicted ratification of an agreement on establishment of the diplomatic relations with Armenia at the Turkish parliament in a different way.
28 September 2009 [13:56]
The Azerbaijani parliamentary committee will discuss amendments and additions to the Electoral Code which was proposed by the union of several Azerbaijani opposition parties.
28 September 2009 [13:45]
More than 20 new border outposts and commandant's offices will be built along state borders of Azerbaijan this year, Chief of the State Border Office Lieutenant-General Elchin Guliyev said.
28 September 2009 [13:38]
Executive Director at American Jewish Committee (AJC) David Harris spoke to Day.Az in an exclusive interview.
28 September 2009 [13:07]
The importance of multilateral cooperation of Azerbaijan, Israel and Turkey as an important strategic alliance will be discussed in New-York.
28 September 2009 [12:43]
“Azerbaijan now has every reason to become a non-permanent member of UN Security Council,”Azerbaijani political expert Fikrat Sadigov said commenting on media reports that Azerbaijan intends to put forwards candidacy for non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council in 2012-2013.
28 September 2009 [12:24]
Armenian Foreign Ministry neither confirms, nor refutes information spread by Turkish mass media about possibility of Armenia-Turkey Protocols’ signing on Oct. 10, 2009.
28 September 2009 [12:14]
“The main thing for Azerbaijan in this regard is to persuade Armenia in a non-violent manner to liberate occupied Azerbaijani lands,” Azerbaijani member of parliament Asim Mollazade said commenting on a statement by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who said Turkey and Armenia will sign a deal to establish diplomatic relations on Oct. 10.
28 September 2009 [11:56]
A member of the Azerbaijani Parliament will raise issue of signing a "road map" with Turkey.
28 September 2009 [11:44]
Member of Bundestag and member of the Germany-Azerbaijan parliamentary group Edward Linter spoke to Day.Az in an interview.
28 September 2009 [11:33]
Speakers of Turkic-speaking States Parliamentary Assembly have today visited Heydar Aliyev’s grave in the Alley of Honors and Martyrs’ Alley.
28 September 2009 [11:29]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Trend News in an exclusive interview.
28 September 2009 [11:16]
A senior official from the southern Russian republic of Dagestan was murdered in Moscow on Sunday, a police source said.
28 September 2009 [10:54]
The Kazakh parliamentary delegation headed by Ural Mukhamedjanov is attending the first plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of Turkic-speaking states held in Baku.
28 September 2009 [10:38]
Azerbaijani, Turkish and Georgian servicemen launched computer-based staff exercises Eternity-2009 at the Turkish Ground Troops Training Center in Ankara today, Turkish Ground Troops General Staff said.
28 September 2009 [10:17]
The United States Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Glyn Davies spoke with Trend News Persian Desk in an exclusive interview.
28 September 2009 [09:21]
Azerbaijan backs efforts to establish an independent and sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said during a speech at the meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Conference in New York, the Foreign Ministry said.
28 September 2009 [09:11]
Borders will not be reopened until Armenia withdraws from the occupied lands of Azerbaijan, Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Mehmet Ali Sahin said at the meeting at the Azerbaijani Parliament.
28 September 2009 [09:05]
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group called on both conflicting sides to be constructive in their public statements at this important moment in the negotiating process, the press release on the OSCE Web site said.
28 September 2009 [08:58]
In the process of normalizing relations with Armenia Turkey can not ignore the interests of Azerbaijan, said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a news conference in New York following his visit to the United States.
28 September 2009 [08:47]
Turkish Foreign Ministry has responded to a note of protest by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry against illegal visit of two journalists of the Turkish NTV television channel to Nagorno-Karabakh.
28 September 2009 [08:32]
The Turkish premier says Turkey and Armenia will sign a deal to establish diplomatic ties on Oct. 10, AP reported.
26 September 2009 [12:54]
The first vice speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament urges Turkish journalists to respect Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
26 September 2009 [12:37]
The U.S. administration believes status-quo unacceptable in the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
26 September 2009 [11:59]
26 September 2009 [11:29]
The victims of 20th January tragedy played a great role in recognition of Azerbaijan as an independent state, Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin told reporters in Baku on Sept. 26 after visiting the Martyrs Lane.
26 September 2009 [11:13]
Muammar Gaddafi's personal translator broke down towards the end of the Libyan leader's meandering 94-minute UN speech and had to be rescued by a UN Arabic speaker, Times Online reported.
26 September 2009 [10:55]
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan held a meeting in New York with Co-Chairs of the 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.
26 September 2009 [10:25]
26 September 2009 [10:11]
There is no politically quick solutions in Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh, Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said in New York who on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly met with Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkmenistan Elmar Mammadyarov, Grigol Vashadze and Rashid Maradov.
26 September 2009 [09:41]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he will call off his decision to deploy missiles in the enclave of Kaliningrad, his response to the United States scrapping missile shield plans in Europe, Reuters reported.
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