Politics
17 August 2006 [14:09]
"I was not informed of Andrzej Kasprzyk's visit to Armenia to investigate the causes of Armenian-committed arsons on the occupied territories."
17 August 2006 [14:04]
Preparations are being held for Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s official visit to Latvia, Tofig Zulfugarov, Azeri envoy Latvia told journalists
17 August 2006 [13:05]
Armenian Armed Forces are building fortifications on the occupied Azerbaijani territories.
17 August 2006 [10:39]
The Azerbaijan-Georgia Intergovernmental Commission meets in Batumi, Georgia.
17 August 2006 [10:30]
A convoy of 13 tracked vehicles and trucks will leave the Russian military base in Akhalkalaki, Georgia, on Thursday and will head for a military base in Gyumri in Armenia.
17 August 2006 [10:26]
Azerbaijani delegation led by first deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov will visit Iran soon, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Iran Abbaseli Hasanov told journalists.
17 August 2006 [10:19]
Azerbaijan has established diplomatic relations with 160 foreign countries up to date.
17 August 2006 [10:16]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received August 16 at the Presidential Palace the Moroccan delegation led by Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Sea Fisheries Mohand Laenser.
17 August 2006 [10:14]
Levon Ter-Petrosian, Armenia's reclusive former president, has disclosed new details about his bitter dispute with key hard-line members of his cabinet that forced him to step down in February 1998.
17 August 2006 [10:05]
Iran will launch a new round of war-games later this week, putting on display new Iranian-make armaments, a top military commander announced on Wednesday.
17 August 2006 [09:58]
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific affairs, Mehdi Safari, conferred in Tbilisi with Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli on issues of mutual interests.
17 August 2006 [09:49]
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres visited Galagayin displaced-persons camp in Sabirabad region in Azerbaijan.
17 August 2006 [09:41]
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom has recently agreed to support project for Azerbaijani Parliament to develop new communications strategy and programme of interaction between Parliament, media and civil society.
17 August 2006 [09:26]
"Azerbaijani President visited Iran in 2005, and now it is time for Iranian President to visit. But this issue is not discussed," Abbasali Hasanov, Azerbaijani extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador to Iran stated.
17 August 2006 [09:18]
British MP Brain Cock will deliver a report on the situation in the South Caucasus, including in Nagorno Karabakh in the autumn session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly scheduled for November in Canada.
16 August 2006 [22:37]
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Wednesday expressed the country's willingness to discuss suspension of nuclear enrichment activities with the Europeans.
16 August 2006 [22:00]
Azerbaijan's Emergencies Minister, Colonel General Kamaladdin Heydarov today received new Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov.
16 August 2006 [21:55]
A senior Azerbaijani diplomat was reported on Wednesday to have denounced the mayor of the northeastern Turkish town of Kars for publicly advocating the reopening of Turkey's border with Armenia.
16 August 2006 [16:29]
No high-level delegations' visits from the Council of Europe are expected to Azerbaijan soon, head of Azerbaijani permanent representative office in Council of Europe, Ambassador Agshin Mehdiyev told journalists.
16 August 2006 [15:24]
Diplomat Emin Eyyubov is mentioned to have more chances to be the head of Azerbaijani permanent representative office in the Council of Europe.
16 August 2006 [14:45]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the ambitions of ex-Soviet states to join the world's largest trade body should be coordinated with their regional economic integration plans.
16 August 2006 [14:37]
Hafiz Pashayev, newly appointed rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Foreign Ministry, said the establishment of the academy is very important issue for the country.
16 August 2006 [13:35]
Iranian Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Mustafa Mohammad-Najjar has invited Azerbaijani Defense Industry Minister Yaver Jamalov to an official visit to Iran, Iranian ambassador Afshar Suleymani told journalists.
16 August 2006 [13:31]
"Personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk does not take a fair stance regarding the Armenian-committed arsons in the occupied Azerbaijani lands."
16 August 2006 [13:24]
The OSCE Minsk Group's some principles regarding the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict may be discussed in the autumn session of Azerbaijani parliament.
16 August 2006 [13:21]
Azerbaijani side will present a special bulletin to the UNESCO related to Armenian-committed arsons in the occupied Azerbaijani territories.
16 August 2006 [13:19]
Some international organizations wants to put political and economic obstacles in the implementation of regional projects not attended by Armenia, said Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan, Turan Morali.
16 August 2006 [11:29]
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group are planning to organize a meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers.
16 August 2006 [11:27]
"Some forces attempt to connect the protest actions staged by Azerbaijanis living in Iran with Azerbaijan, in particular Baku. However, these are groundless attempts," Azerbaijani extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Iran told journalists.
16 August 2006 [11:25]
The ambassador said the governmental crisis in Ukraine caused breaks in the intergovernmental commission's work.
16 August 2006 [09:48]
"Personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzey Kasprzyk can officially notify his remarks on Azerbaijan's activity to the Foreign Ministry. His showing double standards regarding the fires committed by Armenians are not right," Azerbaijani Deputy FM Araz Azimov told journalists.
16 August 2006 [09:34]
Armenians have been committing arsons in Aygatyor village of Shemseddin region situated in border with Azerbaijan since last night. The fires have caught pastures in Hajalli village of the Azerbaijani region of Tovuz.
16 August 2006 [09:16]
"The reports saying that Azerbaijan supports the idea of OSCE Minsk Group chairmanship by rotation aim at instigation. All of the three states co-chairing the Minsk Group are quite powerful," Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told journalists.
15 August 2006 [23:04]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today started a six-day visit to the southern Caucasus, an area that is host to over 1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees.
15 August 2006 [22:24]
"The Foreign Ministry has a big action plan. This contains the duties of the Ministry as well as duties of different diplomatic representations and consulates," Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadigov told journalists.
15 August 2006 [21:10]
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Ardebil province Tuesday that the Iranian freedom-seeking nation will never be bullied.
15 August 2006 [16:41]
There is not a concrete proposal whether or not Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers will meet, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told journalists.
15 August 2006 [15:46]
"Armenians are sure to withdraw from the occupied Azerbaijani regions of Kalbajar and Lachin. This does not depends on their intention," Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told journalists.
15 August 2006 [15:35]
The date of Polish President's visit to Azerbaijan has not yet been specified, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Poland Vilayet Guliyev told journalists.
15 August 2006 [14:02]
Tomorrow Azerbaijani- Georgian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation will meet in Batumi, Georgia.
15 August 2006 [13:50]
Head of Azerbaijan's permanent representative office in UN Yashar Aliyev will be appointed Ambassador to the United States.
14 August 2006 [21:00]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has joined a burgeoning international community - by starting his own weblog.
14 August 2006 [20:26]
"Azerbaijan's positions have been sharply strengthened in the region and in the world in the past two years.
14 August 2006 [20:21]
"It is expedient to propose sending of a monitoring group to the occupied Azerbaijani territories during the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) autumn session and it would be successful," head of Azerbaijan's permanent representative office at the Council of Europe Agshin Mehdiyev told journalists.
14 August 2006 [19:52]
The ongoing military operations between Israel and Lebanon have sparked popular protests and heated debates in Azerbaijan
14 August 2006 [19:44]
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will visit Uzbekistan in October this year.
14 August 2006 [19:43]
"Great Britain recognizes territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. As concerns some anti-Azerbaijan opinions voiced in British parliament, these represent positions of different individuals," Azerbaijani ambassador to Great Britain Rafael Ibrahimov told journalists.
14 August 2006 [19:37]
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres is arriving in Azerbaijan tonight.
14 August 2006 [19:35]
"We intend to implement serious measures for the Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy to meet modern standards," Hafiz Pashayev, who has been appointed president of the Diplomatic Academy under President Ilham Aliyev's executive order, told journalists.
14 August 2006 [19:29]
"All the truths will be revealed in the trial. I heard the person called Haji Mammadov only when he was arrested,”"said Azerbaijani former national security minister, ambassador to Uzbekistan Namig Abbasov.
14 August 2006 [17:02]
"Chechen brigade general lived in Baku contacted with my assistant and gave himself up," Chechen Republic Prime Minister Ramzan Kadirov told journalists.
14 August 2006 [16:42]
The list of Indian companies functioning in the Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani territories has been submitted to the Foreign Ministry, Azerbaijani extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to India Tamerlan Garayev stated.
14 August 2006 [16:30]
Armenian Armed Forces continue to violate the ceasefire. At the night of August 13 to 14, Armenian armed positions fired on Jerabert village of Terter region from 22:05 till 23:00.
14 August 2006 [16:03]
President Ilham Aliyev signed an executive order to recall Hafiz Pashayev from the posts of ambassador to the United States and Mexico as well as the post of permanent observer at the Organization of American States.
14 August 2006 [15:40]
Azerbaijani ambassadors and consuls to foreign states are meeting at the Foreign Ministry venue. President Aliyev attended the meeting.
14 August 2006 [15:25]
Foreign Ministry will take actions jointly with international organizations related to arsons committed in the occupied Azerbaijani regions by Armenians.
13 August 2006 [02:18]
President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Fidel Castro, Chairman of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of the Republic on his 80th jubilee.
13 August 2006 [02:11]
Ukrainian first deputy Prime Minister & Finance Minister Mykola Azarov met with Azerbaijani ambassador to Ukraine Talat Aliyev.
12 August 2006 [15:08]
NATO Parliamentary Assembly president Pierre Lellouche has written to Armenian Parliament speaker Tigran Torosyan calling him and his country to treat official representatives correctly.
12 August 2006 [15:02]
The United Nations Human Rights Council held an emergency session in Geneva on Friday.
12 August 2006 [15:01]
Azerbaijani ambassadors, consuls and other members of diplomatic corps will meet at the Foreign Ministry on August 14 this year.
12 August 2006 [14:55]
Azerbaijani Army soldier Mahir Mirzali Akhundov was killed in mine explosion in Gazakh region on 10 August.
12 August 2006 [11:20]
The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea that has come into force on August 12 will enable the Caspian states to make joint efforts for the protection of a unique ecological system of the inland sea on the basis of a clear-cut normative document, taking into account the interests of all the people.
12 August 2006 [10:14]
The Azerbaijan Intellectual Movement (AIM) issued statement against Israeli military aggression on Lebanon, the AIM office informs.
12 August 2006 [10:09]
The Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) appealed for holding conference with the presence of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) ambassadors in Azerbaijan, KLO leader Akif Naghi stated.
12 August 2006 [09:46]
The CIS heads of state summit will be held in Minsk in November 2006.
12 August 2006 [09:16]
Azerbaijani Armed Forces will fully meet NATO standards by 2008. The Defense Ministry press secretary, Colonel Ramiz Malikov states.
11 August 2006 [22:47]
Key U.N. Security Council members have agreed on a resolution to end Israel's month-old war with Hizbollah and a vote was possible later on Friday, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said.
11 August 2006 [22:26]
A senior aide to President Ilham Aliyev has warned that Azerbaijan could turn to the United Nations if French, Russian and American mediators continue to ignore its internationally recognized sovereignty over Nagorno Karabakh.
11 August 2006 [22:16]
On Friday some residents of Azerbaijan settlement of Nardaran staged a protest action denouncing Israeli military intervention in Lebanon.
11 August 2006 [22:14]
Azerbaijan Milli Majlis Speaker Oqtay Asadov in a telephone conversation with Iran's Ambassador to Baku Afshar Soleymani stressed on immediate ceasefire in Lebanon.
11 August 2006 [14:27]
There is not any fact on Lebanese refugees illegally arriving in Azerbaijan due to Israeli attacks on the country.
11 August 2006 [14:25]
"I hope the court will arrive at a fear decision on Haji Mammadov and his criminal gang," Azerbaijani Interior Minister Ramil Usubov told journalists.
11 August 2006 [14:22]
Armenia's National Academy of Science Archeology Institute announced the results of the archeological excavations carried out in occupied Azerbaijani region of Agdam.
11 August 2006 [14:05]
Armenian occupying forces have begun to commit large-scale arsons in Noyemberyan region that border with the Azerbaijani region of Gazakh since Wednesday afternoon.
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