Politics

23 April 2005 [07:53]

GUUAM countries should exchange positive experience in establishment of autonomies in conflict territory

GUUAM countries should exchange positive experience n the establishment of autonomies in the conflict territory, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated to a summit of GUUAM, a regional organization among Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova, held in Kishinev on Friday.
22 April 2005 [19:08]

Azerbaijani authorities correctly accepts US policy

The Azerbaijani authorities correctly accept the US policy in Azerbaijan and there are no concerns in this respect, Novruz Mammadov, the head of the Foreign Relationships Department of the President's Executive Power, told Trend.
22 April 2005 [18:43]

Azerbaijan-Moldova documents signed

Azerbaijani and Moldova Presidents - Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Voronin - signed a joint declaration in Kishinev on Thursday, Trend reports. The document was inked after the talks on the top under the Azerbaijani President's official visit to Moldova.
22 April 2005 [17:56]

Russian Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov came to Baku

Yesterday delegation headed by Chairman of Russian Federation Council Sergei Mironov has come to Baku for two-day visit.
22 April 2005 [17:54]

Andreas Herkel: "We are mostly concerned over lack of the dialogue between authorities and opposition"

We are mostly concerned over the lack of the dialogue between the authorities and the opposition, Andreas Herkel, the co-rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee of the PACE, told a news conference on Wednesday on the results of his visit to Baku, Trend reports.
22 April 2005 [17:53]

Andreas Gross: "Winner of election is not owner of Azerbaijan"

The Azerbaijani authorities should organize the elections in the way to achieve the failed side to acknowledge the results, Andreas Gross, the co-rapporteur of the PACE Monitoring Committee, told at news conference held in Baku on the results of the visit on Wednesday.
22 April 2005 [17:49]

The Economist: "The Nagorno Karabakh problem won't be solved soon"

"It won't be possible to regulate the Nagorno Karabakh conflict soon."
22 April 2005 [17:37]

Report of Goran Lenmarker is not yet ready

In the meeting of Parliamentary Assembly (PA) bureau of OSCE to be held in Copenhagen, capital of Denmark the report of rapporteur of the organization over Upper Garabagh Goran Lenmarker will not be discussed.
21 April 2005 [17:25]

Reno Harnish: "Washington supports democratization process in Azerbaijan"

"As in the other countries Washington supports democratization process in Azerbaijan, too".
21 April 2005 [17:23]

USA ambassador met with founders of "YeS" block

Yesterday ambassador of USA to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish has met with founders of "Yeni Siyaset" (YeS) block in headquarter of National Unity Movement leader Lale Shovket.
21 April 2005 [17:21]

Armed Forces of Armenia fired at Azeri positions again

The divisions of Armed Forces of Armenia from their positions in 2km south-east of the village Tapgaragoyunlu of Goranboy region fired at the opposite positions of Armed Forces of Azerbaijan in the east of that village, from their positions in 1km south-east of the village Tapargoyunlu fired at the opposite positions of Armed Forces of Azerbaijan in the territory of the village Borsunlu of that region at 20.00 till 20.30 yesterday.
21 April 2005 [17:08]

Anna Maria Ishler Biguin: "Azerbaijan needs peace, stability for successful implementation of new neighborhood policy"

Azerbaijan needs peace and stability in the region for the successful implementation of the European Union's New Neighborhood Policy in the South Caucasus, Azerbaijani Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova said in a meeting on Wednesday with a EU-Azerbaijan interpliamentary cooperation committee headed by the co-chair, member of the European Parliament from France, Anna Maria Ishler Biguin.
21 April 2005 [16:56]

Azeri President left for Moldova

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev left for Kishinev on Thursday with a two-day official visit, the Azerbaijani President's Apparat.
21 April 2005 [16:54]

Azerbaijani ambassador in Russia Ramiz Rizayev: "Baku won't object if the USA intends to be engaged in security matters of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline"

"The positions of Baku and Moscow coincide concerning the existence of cooperation relations between our countries.
21 April 2005 [16:47]

Azerbaijan plans obtaining of new loans from the World Bank in amount $80 mln

Azerbaijan plans obtaining of new loans from the World Bank.
21 April 2005 [16:44]

Crime case opened within the insult of Azerbaijan flag on the ship "GULF BACKER-1"

Crime case opened within the insult of Azerbaijan flag in ship "GULF BACKER-1" of the USA Company "Tide water".
20 April 2005 [17:01]

Ilham Aliyev dismissed the head of Appeal Court

Yesterday President Ilham Aliyev dismissed Gulzar Rzayeva from the duty of the chairman of Appeal Court.
20 April 2005 [16:57]

Karabakh Freedom Organization will not let Armenian delegation come to Baku

Karabakh Freedom Organization spread a declaration of protest for the participation of Armenian delegation headed by G.Grigoryan in the 4th intergovernmental conference of TRACECA to be held in Baku.
20 April 2005 [16:49]

New ambassador of Poland to Azerbaijan known

At the end of June diplomatic activity of the ambassador of Poland to Azerbaijan Marchin Navrot will be over.
20 April 2005 [16:47]

State official - Azerbaijan doesn't need calls by OSCE Minsk group co-chairs to Azeri people

Azerbaijan unilaterally accepts the calls on compromises by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chars to the Azerbaijani and Armenian peoples.
20 April 2005 [16:46]

Samed Seyidov: "Changes will be made to Election Code"

Co-rapporteurs of Monitoring Group of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe on Azerbaijan Andreas Gross and Andres Herkel have held meeting with the delegation of our country to that organization yesterday.
20 April 2005 [16:36]

5 documents to ?e signed under Azeri President's visit to Moldova

Approximately 5 documents will be signed during Azerbaijani President's Iham Aliyev's 2-day official visit to Moldova to start on Wednesday.
20 April 2005 [16:14]

Federation of Canada Azerbaijanis Organizations established in Toronto

Heads of six Azerbaijan Diaspora Organizations in Canada Mesud Aliyev, Akbar Majidov, Ilham Akhundov, Lalezar Namrun, Rza Firuzi and Nazile Iskenderova established Federation of Canada Azerbaijanis Organizations.
20 April 2005 [16:10]

Ambassador of Great Britain: "Works must be held in Azerbaijan for improving the business environment"

"Works must be held in Azerbaijan for improving the business environment".
20 April 2005 [16:09]

Azerbaijan and Egypt signed protocol on cooperation in the field of education

Azerbaijan and Egypt signed a Protocol on Cooperation in the field of education, the Trend was told at the Embassy of Egypt for Azerbaijan.
19 April 2005 [14:16]

Council of Europe co-rapporteurs met representatives of political parties

Co-rapporteurs of Council of Europe on Azerbaijan Andreas Gross and Anrdres Herkel met with secretary general of Azerbaijan Democrat Party (ADP) Serdar Jalaloglu and chairman of Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) Ali Aliyev in the Office of Council of Europe (CE) representation in Azerbaijan.
19 April 2005 [14:04]

Azerbaijan Armed Forces attend the measures of NATO

On April 18-22, in the frames of "Cooperation for Peace" program signed between Azerbaijan and NATO basic planning conference of "Cooperative Key-05" in Plovdiv city of Bulgaria, "Humanitarian aid operations during the disasters" course in Izmir city of Turkey, trainings in the frames of "Evaluating the Conception of Operation Opportunities" program in Gotzendorf city of Austria will be held.
19 April 2005 [14:01]

110 new media units registered in Azerbaijan in 1q of 2005

In January to March 2005, 110 new media units have been registered in Azerbaijan, the Justice Ministry told Trend.
19 April 2005 [13:55]

GUUAM might be renamed

The Secretary of the National Security Supreme Council of Moldova Ion Morey does not exclude changing of the name of the GUUAM Organization.
19 April 2005 [13:44]

Forthcoming GUUAM summit to give 'second breath' to organization

The Azerbaijani government is sure that forthcoming summit of the GUUAM, a regional organization of among Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova, will give impetus to the activities of the organization, Novruz Mammadov, the head of the International Relationships Department of the President's Executive Power, told Trend.
19 April 2005 [13:42]

Armenians murdered 523.955 Turks in 1910-1922

Armenian terror groupings murdered 523.955 Turks in Anatolia 1910-1922 Director of State Archives of Republic of Turkey Yusif Sarinay said of this figure to have been proved with official documents collected from the most different sources: "All speak about 1915, however the problem doesn't start from this date, 1915 is the result."
19 April 2005 [13:37]

Amnesty Act expected to be signed on May 9-10

President Ilham Aliyev is expected to sign Amnesty Act on the occasion of 60th anniversary of the victory over fascism, the late President Heydar Aliyev's birthday on May 9-10.
19 April 2005 [13:31]

A.Herkel: "Azerbaijan is the most complicated country among the member states of Council of Europe regards democratic development"

"Azerbaijan is the most complicated country among the member states of Council of Europe regards democratic development".
19 April 2005 [13:29]

Gross and Herkel met ambassadors of CE member countries in Baku

Co-rapporteurs of Monitoring Group of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) on Azerbaijan Andreas Gross and Andreas Herkel held meetings with ambassadors of CE member countries accredited in Baku.
19 April 2005 [13:27]

Hearings over Azeri officer in Hungary due

A next third hearing on the case of Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani officer, accused of murder of his Armenian counter?art and fellow Gurgen Margarian on 19 February 2004 will be held in ?ungary on 10 May 2005, Adil Ismayilov, a law-defender of Safarov, told Trend.
16 April 2005 [12:29]

US Ambassador: "Azeri President will visit US as soon as favorable situation reaches"

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will not visit the United States in the nearest prospect.
16 April 2005 [12:27]

Musavat leader meets President of Marshal Fund

Opposition leaders - Isa Gambar of Musavat Party and Rasul Guliev, the Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) continue meetings in the United States, Musavat party told Trend.
16 April 2005 [12:26]

Representative of OSCE on the freedom of Mass Media Miklos Harashti held press conference

Representative of OSCE on the freedom of Mass Media Miklos Harashti as a result of the meetings held with the state officials and Mass Media representatives in Baku classified the problems existing in Azerbaijan in the field of Mass Media in 5 groups.
16 April 2005 [12:23]

US ambassador regard detention of Azeri soldiers by Armenian side as mistake

"The detention of captives by Armenian side, as well as the absence of talks, is a big mistake, Trend reports quoting Reno Harnish, the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
16 April 2005 [12:18]

Armenian army violated the ceasefire in several directions

The enemy violated the ceasefire for several times during last two days.
16 April 2005 [12:15]

US ambassador lacks information on tour of US secretary

Reno Harnish, the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, do not have information on the forthcoming visit of the US Secretary of State Condoleza Rice to the South Caucasus.
16 April 2005 [12:11]

Seminar dedicated to press, broadcasting issues complete

A 3-day workshop dedicated to public television, press and broadcasting concluded its work on Friday.
16 April 2005 [12:04]

Public TV should not depend on government, OSCE envoy

Accession of 50-51% of stock of the Public Television by the state contradicts the requirements of the OSCE and the Council of Europe, which support the independent television, Miklosh Harazsti, the OSCE representative on freedom of media, told a news conference held on Friday on the results of his visit.
15 April 2005 [16:42]

Condoleezza Rice to come to Azerbaijan

State secretary of USA Condoleezza Rise will pay a visit to Azerbaijan early in May.
15 April 2005 [16:41]

Norwegian parliamentary Trun Yiske will come to Baku

On 26 April member of Norwegian parliament Trun Yiske will be on a visit to Baku.
15 April 2005 [16:29]

Elmar Mammadyarov left for London

Yesterday Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov left for London. MFA leader will have talks with his partner Vardan Oskanyan in the frames of Prague process.
15 April 2005 [16:20]

Public TV to be on air in June

A seminar dedicated to public and private television in Azerbaijan was held in Baku on Thursday.
15 April 2005 [16:19]

Seminar on "Place and role of Public TV in Azerbaijan information sphere" started

Yesterday in International Press center seminar on "Place and role of Public TV in Azerbaijan information sphere" by the organization of Council of Europe and President's office started.
15 April 2005 [16:00]

Our soldiers in Armenian captivity is expected to be returned back this week

3 Azerbaijan soldiers being in Armenian captivity currently are expected to be returned back this week.
15 April 2005 [15:58]

Azerbaijan and Armenia too far from resolution of Karabakh conflict

Azerbaijan and Armenia are so far from achieving an agreement that Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian considered immature to speaker about by-stage or packet resolution of the conflict, Tofik Zulfugarov, the ex-Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, an independent politician, told Trend.
15 April 2005 [15:56]

Ali Hasanov:"We will try to achieve PTV transmission on July"

"The Public TV will be formed on the basis of 1st channel of state Radio and AzTV-2. Preparation is held in these buildings for organizing PTV."
15 April 2005 [08:00]

US Ambassador will attend opening regional TV network

Reno Harrnish, the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, an head of the Public Political Department of the President's Apparat, will participate in the opening of the Azerbaijani Regional Television Network (ARTN) in Sumgayit on Friday, Trend reports.
14 April 2005 [14:08]

Ali Hassanov: "Criticizing of US Ambassador is quite normal"

"We established democratic society in Azerbaijan to enable the people to express their opinion."
14 April 2005 [13:59]

Visit of President Ilham Aliyev to Pakistan is over

On the first day of his visit to Pakistan President Ilham Aliyev after being met in Chaklala military air base had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of this country Khurshid Mahmud Kasurini and speaker of the Chamber of National Assembly of the parliament Choudri Amir Huseyn.
14 April 2005 [13:58]

US too far from organizing 'color' revolution in Azerbaijan

Washington does not have any plans to carry out 'color' revolution in Azerbaijan, Reno Harnish, US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, told journalists on Wednesday.
14 April 2005 [13:49]

US have no plans on assistance to Azerbaijan in security of BTC

The United States do not have necessity assisting Azerbaijan in ensuring the security of the Baku- Tbilisi-Ceyhan (???) main export oil pipeline and other regional projects.
14 April 2005 [13:44]

Tofig Zulfugarov: "Serious results from the last meeting of Pentagon leader shouldn't be expected"

"The visit of Donald Rumsfeld to Azerbaijan shouldn't be stated as the placing the troops of USA in this country. In any case, this matter should have been discussed with the state leader as it is of great importance. But the president of Azerbaijan is currently on an official visit".
14 April 2005 [13:40]

CE studying opportunities for government - media dialogue in Azerbaijan

"Unfortunately, the press is politicized in Azerbaijan..."
14 April 2005 [13:37]

If the war starts, 7 percent of the citizens of Armenia will leave the country

Armenian Center of Strategic and National Researches held a poll to study the reaction of the population to the possibility of war to break out.
14 April 2005 [13:32]

General director of PTV to be elected this week

"The election of the General Secretary of the Public Television (PTV) will be complete this week," Fuad Muradov, the coordinator of elections competition, the chairman of the Azerbaijani National Council of Youth Organizations, told Trend.
14 April 2005 [13:26]

Elmar Mammedyarov and Vardan Oskanyan are not considered to meet in private in London

Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanyan are not considered to meet in private in London on 15 April. Foreign Minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanyan said about it to the journalists.
13 April 2005 [15:27]

Armenians refused to release Azeri soldiers due to wrong media reports

Three Azerbaijani soldiers, who were taken prisoners by Armenian on 15 February and maintained in Nagorno-Karabakh, were not released as it scheduled earlier on 7 April due to publication of wrong media reports in the Azerbaijani media in this connection, Avaz Hassanov, the coordinator of the International working group on search of missing people and release of POWs and captives on Azerbaijan, told Trend on Tuesday.
13 April 2005 [15:12]

Commander of the USA European Command confirmed the news of placing the USA military bases in Azerbaijan

The USA is working actively in the direction of establishing specially appointed and military bases for restoration of security in the Caspian Sea region.
13 April 2005 [15:10]

Report by PACE rapporteur on Nagorno Karabakh to be discussed at PA OSCE

A meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the OSCE will be held in Kopenhagen on 24-25 April, Trend reports quoting Sattar Safarov, head of the Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation at the PA OSCE, also the chairman of the standing parliamentary commission on economic policy.
13 April 2005 [14:59]

Azeri Deputies accuse the USA ambassador in the act of sabotage

The national deputies made speech in yesterday's meeting of Milli Majlis (parliament) expressing their dissatisfaction of the USA ambassador Reno Harnish's meetings held with some representatives of opposition while visiting the regions recently.
13 April 2005 [14:52]

OSCE Office in Baku held a round table on "Licensing and Issuing of Frequencies for TV and Radio in Azerbaijan"

OSCE Office in Baku held a round table on"Licensing and Issuing of Frequencies for TV and Radio in Azerbaijan" in the hotel "Europe" yesterday.
13 April 2005 [14:51]

Azeri authorities expect nothing extraordinary from PACE rapporteurs

The Azerbaijani authorities do not expect anything extraordinary from the forthcoming visit of the papporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee, Andreas Gross and Andreas Herkel, scheduled for 17-20 April, Ali Hassanov, the head of the Public-Political Department of the President's Apparat, told journalists.
13 April 2005 [14:48]

Asim Mollazadeh resigned from APFP

"I am leaving Azerbaijan Popular Front Party. That is due to the existence of some diversity of opinions between me and the party members. I don't want to cause damage to the work of the party; I have come through a long way in this party. There are my friends in the party."
13 April 2005 [14:43]

Agenda of the meeting of Azerbaijan and Armenia presidents determined

The agenda of the meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia has been determined. According to the information given to APA from diplomatic sources, state leaders will have talks in Moscow and Warsaw first of all for eliminating the results of the war.
12 April 2005 [14:37]

Opposition misunderstands proposals of US ambassador

The official has given interpretation for US Ambassadors statement.
12 April 2005 [14:33]

Georgian President expected

"Georgian President Mikhael Saakashvili is scheduled to visit Azerbaijan on 25 May 2005," Zurab Gumberidze, the Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, told Trend.
12 April 2005 [14:23]

Bulgaria simplified visa regime with Azerbaijan

Bulgarian Council of Ministers approved the intergovernmental treaty signed with Azerbaijan about simplifying the visa regime.
12 April 2005 [14:14]

OSCE co-chairs will require responds to some questions from Mammadyarov and Oskanyan

On 15 April, the next meeting of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Armenia is expected to take place in London, the capital of London.
12 April 2005 [14:04]

Opposition will be allowed to arrange rallies

Following the official start of parliamentary elections the opposition will allowed to hold electioneering, Trend reports quoting Ali Hassanov, the head of the Public and Political Department of the President's Executive Power as saying to journalists.