Politics

27 March 2007 [14:04]

US Ambassador to OSCE visits Baku

US Ambassador to OSCE Julie Finley has arrived in Baku this morning, US Embassy public affairs officer Jonathan Henick told.
27 March 2007 [13:06]

Azerbaijan-India intergovernmental working commission to meet in Baku

The first meeting of the Azerbaijan-India intergovernmental working commission on trade, economy and scientific cooperation will be held in Baku on April 11, Indian ambassador to Azerbaijan Muthu Kumar told.
27 March 2007 [12:21]

Khalaf Khalafov: "We achieved more progress in the negotiations with Russia than with Georgia"

"The situation on delimitation of Azerbaijani-Georgian border differs from that of delimitation of Azerbaijani-Russian border. We have achieved more progress in the negotiations with Russia in comparison with Georgia," Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov told journalists.
27 March 2007 [12:10]

Azerbaijan-Russia intergovernmental commission for delimitation meets in Baku

Azerbaijan–Russia Intergovernmental Commission for delimitation of borders is meeting in Baku on Tuesday.
27 March 2007 [11:20]

U.S. Congress votes to back Ukraine, Georgia's NATO bid

The U.S. House of Representatives gave a final backing late Monday to NATO's further eastward enlargement, including bids from ex-Soviet Georgia and Ukraine, continuing a drive that has unnerved Russia.
27 March 2007 [11:08]

Muhsin Yazichioglu: "Forces against Turkish nationalists state Azerbaijan might be behind Hrant Dink’s assassination"

"Hrant Dink was Turkish citizen of Armenian origin. Though we were against his ideas we would like him to live, we do not want people to die because of their thoughts. Turks live and contribute to others' lives," said Muhsin Yazichioglu, leader of Turkey's Great Unity Party.
27 March 2007 [11:04]

Contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops to be monitored

The contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops near Borsunlu village of Azerbaijani region of Goranboy is to be monitored in accordance with the mandate of personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
27 March 2007 [00:21]

Swiss Border Guard Corps delegation visits Azerbaijan

Delegation of the Swiss Border Guard Corps staying in Azerbaijan on 26 March has visited the Alley of Honors to pay tribute to the nationwide leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev and laid a wreath at his tomb.
26 March 2007 [15:19]

President Aliyev to visit Moscow

On Tuesday Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev will visit Russian capital of Moscow.
26 March 2007 [14:58]

Armenia's defense minister appointed acting prime minister

Armenia's defense minister, Serzh Sarkisyan, has been appointed acting prime minister, an Armenian parliamentarian said Monday.
26 March 2007 [14:03]

MPs to attend PACE Monitoring Committee meeting

A parliamentary delegation of Azerbaijan consisting of Chairman of the Milli Majlis Standing Commission on International and Interparliamentary Relations, Head of the Azerbaijan permanent delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Samad Seyidov, and members of the Milli Majlis Gultakin Hajiyeva and Aydin Abbasov will be in Strasbourg from March 26 to 29 to attend the meeting of the PACE Monitoring Committee.
26 March 2007 [13:57]

Huseyn Abdullayev retains new lawyer

MP Huseyn Abdullayev, who sentenced to two months in custody, will be defended by new lawyer Kamandar Nasibov.
26 March 2007 [13:53]

Matthew Bryza says only concern is Armenia can’' express its stance on GUAM frozen conflicts draft

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, OSCE Minsk Group American co-chair Matthew Bryza doesn't object to the initiative by the GUAM countries to consider the frozen conflicts at the U.N. General Assembly.
25 March 2007 [14:44]

Armenian prime minister dies of heart failure, government spokeswoman says

Prime Minister Andranik Margarian died Sunday of heart failure, government spokeswoman Meri Arutunian said. He was 55.
25 March 2007 [11:38]

Iran rejects UN vote on arms, financial sanctions

Iran rejected a repeated demand by the U.N. Security Council to suspend uranium enrichment work after the 15-nation body imposed arms and financial sanctions on Tehran.
25 March 2007 [11:32]

Turkey restores Armenian church to show goodwill

An ancient Armenian church, perched on a rocky island in a vast lake, has become a modern symbol of the divisions and fitful efforts at reconciliation between Turks and Armenians whose history of bloodshed drives their troubled relationship.
25 March 2007 [10:55]

Azeri envoy to Moscow meets Sergey Mironov

Azerbaijan's Ambassador in Moscow Polad Bulbuloglu met with Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia Sergey Mironov, who is going to visit Baku on Tuesday.
25 March 2007 [10:49]

Robin Seaword says MP Huseyn Abdullayev's visit to OSCE Office not related to parliament incident

"MP Huseyn Abdullayev visited OSCE Office for another issue. There is no relation between his morning-after visit and the incident he had with a deputy in a parliament session," said Robin Seaword, Deputy Head of the OSCE Office in Baku.
24 March 2007 [20:26]

Azerbaijan is Russia's strategic partner in South Caucasus, Russian top official says

Azerbaijan is Russia's strategic partner in South Caucasus, Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia, Sergey Mironov, said during a press conference in Moscow.
24 March 2007 [15:33]

President Aliyev congratulates Greek counterpart

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory message to President of Greece Karolos Papoulias and the people of his country on Independence Day.
24 March 2007 [13:52]

Iran seizes 15 Britons on patrol in Persian Gulf

Fifteen British naval troops carrying out an inspection in the Persian Gulf were seized by Iranian forces on Friday, the British government said.
24 March 2007 [13:40]

Rice defends Turkey against Armenian allegations

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she was opposed to the U.S. entering the debate at the parliamentary level.
23 March 2007 [23:13]

Moscow is no longer Kazakhstan's only friend

There are signs of a chill in Russian-Kazakh relations, as shown by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to Moscow on March 19-20.
23 March 2007 [23:10]

Matthew Bryza voices progress on a set of principles governing Karabakh settlement

"While Azerbaijan has a long way to go on political reform, Azerbaijan could potentially become the world's first secular democracy with a majority Shiite Muslim population," said U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, OSCE Minsk Group American co-chair Matthew Bryza.
23 March 2007 [23:06]

EU envoy meets Karabakh separatists' leader in Yerevan

The European Union's special representative to the South Caucasus, Peter Semneby, paid a brief visit to Yerevan on Friday to discuss efforts to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict with Arkady Ghukasian, the Armenian-populated region's "president".
23 March 2007 [14:57]

Ariel Cohen: Diplomacy by Other Means

Russia's Widening Energy Ties Rankle the West.
23 March 2007 [14:49]

The EU and Isolating Armenia

Through which way the European Union (EU) and Armenian relations has recently proceeded is the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP).
23 March 2007 [13:44]

US urges Turkey to seek alternative to Iranian gas

Seeking to hit Iran's oil and natural gas revenues, the United States said on Wednesday that it was encouraging its allies and friendly nations, including Turkey, to find alternatives to Tehran's resources, but admitted that the process to switch to new schemes was difficult in a region dependent on energy.
23 March 2007 [13:44]

U.S. air shield possible only with Russia's involvement - Russian FM

U.S. plans to deploy air defense missiles in Europe could negatively affect Russia's relations with NATO if implemented unilaterally without Russia's involvement or any consideration of collective interests, Russia's foreign minister said Friday.
23 March 2007 [11:31]

Russia-Azerbaijan relations professional, top Russian official says

Deputy of the Russian State Duma Alexander Lebedev described Russia-Azerbaijan relations as 'professional enough' and having no anything deserving serious criticism.
23 March 2007 [11:29]

Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan based on mutual respect for interests, Andrey Kokoshin says

"Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan are good in principal, and they are based on mutual respect, mutual respect for interests", said Andrey Kokoshin, the Chairman of the Russia's State Duma Committee for CIS Affairs and Ties with Compatriots.
23 March 2007 [11:24]

Azerbaijan plays the role of economic leader in region, Mammadyarov says

Azerbaijan already plays the role of economic leader in the region, said visiting Washington Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
23 March 2007 [11:21]

President Aliyev congratulates Pakistani counterpart

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory message to President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf and the people of his country on Pakistan Day.
23 March 2007 [11:14]

Fistfight in Azerbaijani Parliament indicates controversy within ruling block

Last week, a rather rare fistfight broke out between two members of the Azerbaijani Parliament.
23 March 2007 [03:09]

Baku among World's Best Living Locations - survey

Azerbaijan's capital city of Baku is among the most favourable locations to live in, a survey of the human resource consultancy for multinationals ECA International shows.
22 March 2007 [23:51]

Turkmenistan: Stalemate with Azerbaijan broken

Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan have ended a prolonged standoff and agreed to cooperate, but NBCentralAsia experts say that differences over oil and gas reserves in the Caspian Sea will remain a hindrance in relations.
22 March 2007 [23:38]

Mammadyarov: "Azerbaijan has no plan of switching to US arms"

Azerbaijan has no plans of abandoning Russian armament, switching to the American one. Minister of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov made the statement in Washington.
22 March 2007 [23:29]

Oskanian: "Karabakh conflict a far cry from settlement"

Armenian Foreign Minister, Vartan Oskanian, stated here on Wednesday that the sides involved in the Karabakh conflict were "still a far cry from any agreement, which was borne out by the outcome of the recent Geneva meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan."
22 March 2007 [23:26]

US does not ask for deploying radar in Azerbaijan - foreign minister

The US has not asked for deploying in Azerbaijan's territory a mobile radar as a component of the American missile defense system, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told on Wednesday.
22 March 2007 [23:17]

U.S.-Azerbaijan Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Energy Security Cooperation

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov will sign a U.S.-Azerbaijan Memorandum of Understanding on Energy Security Cooperation in the Caspian Region today, March 22, at the U.S. Department of State.
22 March 2007 [01:58]

Azeri FM meets UN Secretary-General

Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met the UN Secetary-General Ban Ki-Moon within the scope of his visit to the United States.
22 March 2007 [01:52]

Mannheim Centre for European Social Research hold seminar on Nagorno Karabakh

Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) has organized a two day seminar, examining Nagorno Karabakh Conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia: internal and external conditions of the settlement.
22 March 2007 [01:44]

Turkish army enters Northern Iraq

The Turkish army units have entered the Nothern Iraq, planning a large-scale operation against PKK gorillas.
21 March 2007 [12:13]

Iran state TV calls Russia "an unreliable partner"

Iranian state television on Tuesday described Russia as an "unreliable partner" following a bitter business dispute over delays in building the country's first nuclear reactor.
21 March 2007 [12:09]

Turkey chafes at exclusion from EU celebration

Turkey took a swipe at Germany on Tuesday over a decision to exclude candidate countries from the European Union's 50th birthday celebrations in Berlin next weekend.
21 March 2007 [09:18]

US and EU unlikely to ostracize Yerevan, despite election warnings

The United States and the European Union are stepping up pressure on the Armenian government to hold free-and-fair parliamentary elections on May 12.
21 March 2007 [09:00]

Turks, Azeris and Georgians cementing strategic partnership

Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya has reported that the Turkish, Azerbaijani and Georgian relationship has transformed into "a strategic partnership of perspective" and noted that Armenia has been left out of this axis due to issues with the region of Nagorno Karabakh -- hotly disputed between Azerbaijan and Armenia -- and unfavorable diplomatic relations.
20 March 2007 [22:03]

Baku urges EU to reject Kosovo precedent

Azerbaijan's deputy foreign minister, Araz Azimov, was in Brussels on Tuesday looking for EU support on Baku's stance on the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh.
20 March 2007 [21:55]

President Aliyev: Armenia should understand its mistake, turn constructive

Armenia should understand that the time is going in favor of us, they should comprehend their mistake today or tomorrow and take a constructive stance, said Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in a holiday ceremony in Baku.
20 March 2007 [14:40]

Azerbaijani MP imprisoned for two months - UPDATED

The information provided by the General Prosecutor Office appeared to be false.
20 March 2007 [10:17]

New prosecutors appointed

New prosecutors have been appointed to several regions of Azerbaijan.
20 March 2007 [10:15]

Musavat to hold rally

Opposition Musavat Party held a meeting on socio-political situation in the country.
20 March 2007 [10:12]

Israeli Foreign Ministry official to visit Azerbaijan

Senior Deputy Director General of Political Affairs in the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Yossi Gal will be on official visit to Azerbaijan on March 25-27.
20 March 2007 [10:08]

Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner's visit to Azerbaijan postponed

Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammerberg's visit to Azerbaijan has been postponed.
20 March 2007 [09:47]

Araz Azimov to meet with NATO and EU officials

Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov has left for Brussels.
20 March 2007 [09:44]

Mammadyarov to visit Jordan, Syria and Lebanon

Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will pay an official visit to the Middle East on April 8.
19 March 2007 [22:46]

President Aliyev decrees on establishing State Migration Service

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev decreed on establishing State Migration Service.
19 March 2007 [22:42]

Russia to put missile defense elements in embassies

Russia could place space monitoring radars on the territory of its embassies in several countries to track the launches of ballistic missiles abroad, the commander of Space Forces said in an interview.
19 March 2007 [22:41]

Yerevan and Baku may sign peaceful agreement on Karabakh in summer, top OSCE offcial says

"The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Goran Lennmarker, who participated in the meeting of the PACE Permanent Commission as a guest, said that upon completion of the parliamentary election in Armenia scheduled for May 12, a peaceful agreement may be signed on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement," said the member of the Azerbaijani delegation to the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), Rafael Huseynov, who attended the meeting of the Permanent Commission.
19 March 2007 [22:38]

Ukrainian Supreme Academic Council selects President Ilham Aliyev "Man of year"

The Ukrainian Supreme Academic Council held the presentation ceremony for international and national awards in Kyiv's National Art Palace on March 17.
19 March 2007 [22:29]

Ali Insanov's trial to continue on March 27

Trial on case of former Health Minister Ali Insanov and ten more defendants accused of embezzlement, abuse of power and bribery continued in the second part of the day at Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes.
19 March 2007 [22:21]

ODIHR deploys long-term observation mission to Armenia

The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) opened an election observation mission for the 12 May parliamentary elections in Armenia.
19 March 2007 [18:22]

MP Huseyn Abdullayev was to have meeting in OSCE Office in Baku

Parliamentarian Huseyn Abdullayev was to have a meeting in the OSCE Office in Baku before he was detained for the recent incident at the parliament.
19 March 2007 [18:19]

Parliament's disciplinary commission to consider Fazail Agamali's case

"Though we invited Huseyn Abdullayev to the Parliament's Disciplinary Commission he did not come. We waited for him for half an hour," chief of the Disciplinary Commission Agajan Abiyev said.
19 March 2007 [17:39]

Huseyn Abdullayev's parliamentary immunity annulled

Azerbaijan's Parliament Disciplinary Commission today debated the March 16 incident between parliamentarians Huseyn Abdullayev and Fazail Agamali during the presentation of the annual report of the government.
19 March 2007 [17:34]

Armenians plan to spend $120,000 on archeological excavations in occupied Azerbaijani region

Armenians plan to spend $120,000 on archeological excavations in the occupied Azerbaijani region of Aghdam within coming two months, Armenian archeologist Hamlet Petrosyan.
19 March 2007 [17:32]

Farhad and Rafig Aliyevs' imprisonment term can be prolonged

The term of imprisonment of former Economic Development Minister Farhad Aliyev and his brother, former president of Azpetrol Rafig Aliyev can be prolonged.
19 March 2007 [14:39]

EU Special Representative to visit Azerbaijan

Peter Semneby, European Union's Special Representative for the South Caucasus will visit Azerbaijan in April, the special representative told.
19 March 2007 [13:05]

Jerusalem hosts meeting to choose members to congress of Azerbaijani community in Israel

A meeting for choosing members to the coordinating congress of Azerbaijani community in Israel was held in Jerusalem March 18.
19 March 2007 [12:49]

Foreign Minister visits US

Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has today left for the US at the invitation of the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Khazar Ibrahim, spokesman to the Foreign Ministry informs.
19 March 2007 [11:06]

Azeris protest against price rises

Up to 2,000 Azeris protested on Sunday against recent price increases, poverty and corruption in the biggest opposition rally so far this year in the oil-producing Caspian Sea state.
17 March 2007 [16:34]

Workgroup for human rights holds conference

Workgroup for human rights composed of state officials and right defenders held a conference in the Parliament office. Representative of the CE secretary-general to Azerbaijan Denis Bribosia also participated in the meeting.
17 March 2007 [16:29]

Azeri FM to sign Energy MoU with Condoleezza Rice

Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will be visiting the USA at the invitation of the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on March 20-23.
17 March 2007 [16:10]

Armenians fires on Terter residents

Armenian Armed Forces fired on the shepherds in Chayli Village from their position in Talish village of Terter.
17 March 2007 [14:35]

Azerbaijan and Russia Interior Troops' press services meet

Azerbaijan and Russia Interior Troops' press services met in Moscow, on March 13-16.