Politics

05 February 2009 [15:46]

Hafiz Hajiyev: "Opposition will not attain anything by organizing an agitation campaign against the referendum"

"Opposition's arguments against introduction of amendments to the Constitution are so weak and they are not supported by the population", said chairman of the Muasir Musavat party Hafiz Hajiyev.
05 February 2009 [14:40]

Gulamhuseyn Alibeyli speaks for reduction of prices on energy sources in Azerbaijan

"The Aydinlar party supports the initiative of a number of opposition parties about reduction in prices on energy sources and gas due to the influence of the world economic crisis on Azerbaijan", said party chairman Gulamhuseyn Alibeyli.
05 February 2009 [14:10]

Azerbaijani FM receives copies of credentials from new Angola ambassador

Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mamedyarov received copies of credentials from new Angola ambassador to Azerbaijan Samuel Titu Armando, according to the press service for the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.
05 February 2009 [13:29]

Russian ambassador to Armenia: "Statements of supply of the Russian military hardware of a total of $800,000,000 to Armenia are false"

"The statements about supply of the Russian military hardware of a total of $800,000,000 to Armenia are false", said ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Russia to Armenia Nikolai Pavlov.
05 February 2009 [13:00]

Russian ambassador to Armenia: "Russia will guarantee agreements to be reached on Karabakh"

"Russia will be a guarantor of agreements, reached around the process on the resolution of the Karabakh problem", said ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Russia to Armenia Nicolai Pavlov.
05 February 2009 [11:27]

Azerbaijani FM receives credentials of new Estonian ambassador

Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mamedyarov received copies of credentials from new Estonian ambassador to Azerbaijan Aivo Orava, said the press service for the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.
05 February 2009 [10:54]

Armenians violate ceasefire in three regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 4.
05 February 2009 [10:35]

Armenian Assembly of America: "Turkey should stop interfering in the Karabakh process and acknowledge the Armenian Genocide"

The Armenian Assembly of America hails the efforts for normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations and the recent meeting between the Presidents of the two states, the Assembly’s Regional Director for Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh told a news conference in Yerevan.
05 February 2009 [10:25]

Foreign Minister: "Armenia is beyond large scale regional projects due to occupation of a part of Azerbaijani lands"

Poland plays a special role in the EU initiative of Eastern partnership, proposed to Azerbaijan, said Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov at the meeting with deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Anzhey Kraemer.
05 February 2009 [09:55]

Armenian Assembly of America Regional Director: "The Turkish and Azeri lobbies in the U.S. are now trying not to fall behind the Armenian activists"

The Turkish and Azeri lobbies in the U.S. are now trying not to fall behind the Armenian activists, the Armenian Assembly of America Regional Director for Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh said.
04 February 2009 [18:40]

Deputy Lala Abbasova: "As a protest against murder of Palestinian children, women, elderly people, I quited the parliamentary group of Azerbaijan-Israel friendship"

"Innocent children, women and elderly people die in the result of Israel's offensive in Palestine. As a protest, I appealed to the Milli Medjlis leadership about quitting the Azerbaijan-Israel group of friendship", said deputy Lala Abbasova.
04 February 2009 [17:11]

Document confirming that Stepan Shaumyan was not shot in Agjagum in 1918 found

The document confirming that head of Baku Commissars Stepan Shaumyan was a prisoner of war in March, 1919, it was stated at the Scientific Council of the History Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, APA reports.
04 February 2009 [17:08]

Special representative of OSCE PA on Nagorno Karabakh conflict to arrive in Azerbaijan

Special representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Georgia Goran Lennmarker will arrive in Azerbaijan on February 12, said chief of department of media and information of the OSCE Baku office Rashad Huseynov.
04 February 2009 [16:49]

Hikmet Hajizade: "Russia's policy in Georgia and Azerbaijan is aimed at support of separatism and weakining of independence of these countries"

Russia's policy in Georgia and Azerbaijan is aimed at support of separatism and weakining of independence of these countries, said famous political scientist Hikmet Hajizade.
04 February 2009 [15:28]

"President" of self-declared "NKR": "Nagorno Karabakh will never be a part of Azerbaijan"

"The position of the "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" on the format of talks remained changeless: the resolution of the Karabakh conflict is impossible without participation of Nagorno Karabakh as an equal party", said "president" of separatist "NKR" Bako Saakyan.
04 February 2009 [15:10]

Armenian President accused of cowardice

Novruz Mamedov, chief of department of international ties of the presidential administration accused Armenian President of cowardice.
04 February 2009 [12:49]

Iranian TV channel continues smeary campaign against Azerbaijani deputy

Iranian Seher TV channel continues smeary campaign against deputy of Azerbaijani parliament, co-chair of the World Azerbaijanis Congress Sabir Rustamkhanly, said Samir Asadli, representative of the control-revision commission of the World Azerbaijanis Congress.
04 February 2009 [11:10]

Armenians violate ceasefire in three regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 3.
04 February 2009 [10:50]

Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova: "Armenia's aggression against Azerbaijan hampers establishment of peace and stability in the South Caucasus"

Azerbaijani ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova took part in the events on "The process of stabilization in the South Caucasus" in Berlin (Germany), according to AzerTac.
04 February 2009 [10:21]

President of Azerbaijan to visit France

04 February 2009 [10:02]

NATO representative: "Azerbaijan has really established an army which is ready to conduct offensive"

After Day.Az has posted information about the visit of Azerbaijani deputies to the frontline regions, it has received a call from a senior official of NATO from Brussels, who said he always reads Russian language e- mass medias of the South Caucasus states.
04 February 2009 [10:00]

Extending a Hand to the Islamic World

By Anne E. Derse U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan
04 February 2009 [09:49]

President of Azerbaijan extends independence day greetings to his Sri Lankian counterpart

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today sent a letter of congratulation to President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa on the country`s national holiday, Independence Day.
03 February 2009 [17:44]

7 Azerbaijani students undergo trial in Iran

The Tebriz revolutionary court has passed a decision on the case of the activists of the movement for rights of South Azerbaijanis in Iran, reports the World Azerbaijanis Congress.
03 February 2009 [16:55]

A seminar on implications of the international recognition of Kosovo for the future of Nagoro Karabakh held in Michigan University

A seminar on implications of the international recognition of Kosovo for the future of Nagoro Karabakh was held in Michigan University.
03 February 2009 [16:15]

Police detains another participant of anti-Israeli protests in Nardaran

Resident of Nardaran village Hikmet Veliyev, active participant of the recent anti-Israeli action in this village, was detained late February 2.
03 February 2009 [15:05]

Union for Democracy to cooperate with opposition groups in period of agitation on referendum

The initiative group of the Union "For democracy" intends to cooperate with other oppositional groups in the agitation period, said chairman of the Classical Front Party of Azerbaijan Mirmahmud Miralioghlu.
03 February 2009 [14:21]

Former adviser of Vladimir Putin: "Javakheti and Marneuli are offered to Armenia and Azerbaijan respectively while dividing Georgia"

"Russian powers have committed a planned and well prepared aggression against Georgia", said former adviser of President Putin on economic issues Andrei Illarionov.
03 February 2009 [12:23]

Polish deputy foreign minister on a visit to Azerbaijan

Polish deputy foreign minister Andrzej Kremer arrived in Baku on Tuesday for a working visit.
03 February 2009 [11:27]

Mirmahmud Miralioghlu: "No ties between Turkey and Armenia are possible unless the Karabakh problem is resolved"

"Turkey borders on Armenia, therefore, unless there is this border, it connects the countries", said chairman of the Classical Front Party of Azerbaijan Mirmahmud Miralioghlu.
03 February 2009 [10:59]

Armenians violate ceasefire in four regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 1.
02 February 2009 [18:20]

President of Azerbaijan offers condolences to Russian counterpart

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of condolence to Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on a human loss after a fire engulfed a nursing home in the Komi Republic, according to AzerTac.
02 February 2009 [17:57]

Samed Seidov: "If the Council of Europe continues double standards against Azerbaijan, the position of our country to this organization will change"

The Council of Europe applies double standards towards Azerbaijan and if such policy continues Azerbaijan might review position on this organization, said head of the Azerbaijani delegation in PACE Samed Seidov at today's session of Milli Medjlis.
02 February 2009 [17:08]

Fazil Gazanfaroghlu: "The parliament should conduct close discussions on the influence of world crisis on Azerbaijan"

Milli Medjlis must hold private discussions regarding influence of the world financial crisis on Azerbaijan and the leaders of the due structures must report to the parliamentarians, said deputy Fazil Gazanfaroghlu at a session of Milli Medjlis today.
02 February 2009 [16:52]

President of Azerbaijan: "Referendum is a democratic procedure reflecting people's will"

Referendum is a democratic procedure reflecting people's will.
02 February 2009 [14:14]

Serzh Sargsyan: "Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh and Diaspora cannot strengthen separately"

Sargsyan addressed to participants in the charitable fundraising evening party in Dubai (UAE) held on the initiative of Hay Dat organization of ARF Dashnaktsutyun party.
02 February 2009 [13:30]

Hurriyet daily: "The new US administration became the most pro-Armenian administration in the U.S. history"

Samantha Power, a Harvard professor will direct multilateral affairs for the National Security Council.
02 February 2009 [12:53]

Azerbaijani parliament to send group of deputies to Russian State Duma due to supplies of Russian military hardware to Armenia

Several deputies have appealed to the Milli Medjlis with a request to discuss information about the free supply of Russian military hardware of a total of $800,000,000 to Armenia, said speaker Oqtay Asadov at the first plenary session of the parliament.
02 February 2009 [12:26]

Estonian ambassador: "We view Azerbaijan as one of the most important alternative energy sources suppliers"

Estonia views Azerbaijan as one of the most important alternative supplier of energy sources, said Mart Volmer, director general of the third political department of the Estonian Foreign Ministry, ambassador of this country to Azerbaijan.
02 February 2009 [11:55]

Azerbaijani general accuses Armenia of hiring servicemen

Armenia hires servicemen for the occupied Azerbaijani lands and the contact line with the Azerbaijani army, said commander of the second major unit of the army, major-general Mahmud Khamzayev.
02 February 2009 [11:30]

Terror attacks are among effective mechanisms, applied by Russia and its "allies"

Nabucco is a project, uniting interests of a number of European states and being an alternative to the Russian monopoly on gas supplies, said Alexander Rusetski, head of the South Caucasus Regional Security Institute.
02 February 2009 [11:03]

Hasan Kerimov: "Appeal to international organizations has been sent due to detention of two activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan"

The two month arrest has been applied for two detained activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, who collected signatures, in Sabirabad region, said deputy chairman of the party Hasan Kerimov.
02 February 2009 [10:56]

Javier Solana: "There is no military solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. After the Georgia crisis, this should be clear to all..."

Day.Az interview with EU senior representative on issues of general external policy and security policy Javier Solana.
02 February 2009 [10:52]

Armenians violate ceasefire in three regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on February 1.
02 February 2009 [10:15]

Edward Nalbandyan's unlucky day

As is known the summit of the global economic forum is being held in Swiss Davos these days.
31 January 2009 [14:04]

Paata Davitaya: "Russia attempts to put pressure on Azerbaijan"

"Free supply of Russian military hardware to Armenia is certainly the violation of the agreement on quotes on arming the South Caucasus countries, said vice speaker of the Russian parliament Paata Davitaya.
31 January 2009 [13:51]

CEC chairman meets with US ambassador

On Friday chairman of the Central Electoral Commission of Azerbaijan Mazahir Panahov met with US ambassador to Baku Anne Derse, reports Day.Az with reference to AzerTac.
31 January 2009 [12:17]

Defense Ministers of Azerbaijan and Russia discuss problems of Russian military hardware supply to Armenia

During the working visit to Moscow Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev met his Russian counterpart Anatoli Serdyukov.
31 January 2009 [11:36]

Armenians violate ceasefire in five regions

Armenian armed forces locating in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan violated ceasefire on January 30 and 31.
31 January 2009 [11:06]

Azerbaijani entrepreneurs to study Germany's experience in the sphere of social dialogue development

A delegation of the National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers) of Azerbaijan will visit Germany in the framework of the project "Cooperation in the sphere of social dialogue".
31 January 2009 [10:58]

President of Azerbaijan meets Presidents of Israel and Latvia

President of Azerbaijan held a meeting with Presidents of Israel and Latvia Schimon Peres and Valdis Zatler, according to AzerTac.
31 January 2009 [10:25]

President of Azerbaijan accuses the West of applying double standards regarding criticism of the March referendum in Azerbaijan

"A proposal to scrap a two-term limit on his presidency was aimed at creating more democracy, not keeping him in power indefinitely", President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in his interview to Reuters.
31 January 2009 [10:06]

Armenian political scientist: "The United States can not recognize "the Armenian genocide" as it will mean deterioration of relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan"

"The US policy in the South Caucasus will hardly change after the election of Barack Obama as a President", said Armenian political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan at a press conference on Friday.
30 January 2009 [18:20]

Armenian political scientist: "Interests of Armenian opposition and Azerbaijani powers are interconnected"

"The interests, pursued by Armenian opposition and Azerbaijani powers, are interconnected", considers Armenian political scientist Sergey Shakaryantz.
30 January 2009 [17:50]

Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan: "Karabakh conflict will either be settled by force or remain frozen for a long time"

"The Karabakh conflict cannot be settled at the negotiation table", said political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan, commenting on the results of the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents.
30 January 2009 [17:11]

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister sends letter to Helsinki commission of the US congress due to closure of foreign radio stations

Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mamedyarov has sent a letter to the Helsinki commission of the US Congress regarding closure of foreign radio stations on the national frequencies.
30 January 2009 [15:54]

PACE to send delegation to observe referendum in Azerbaijan

Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe was held in Strasbourg today.
30 January 2009 [15:08]

Ganira Pashayeva: "The memorial to 26 Baku commissars was a humiliation of the Azerbaijani people"

The monuments and memorials of the Azerbaijani people were demolished and monuments of the Soviet ideology were erected in the Soviet times, said member of the Azerbaijani delegation Ganira Pashayeva speaking at discussions in the framework of the PACE winter session.