Politics

09 July 2009 [10:36]

Minsk Group Russian co-chair: Withdrawal of snipers from front line to contribute to security at contact line in Karabakh conflict zone

“Withdrawal of snipers front line by the parties to the conflict will contribute to stability and security at the contact line in the zone of the Karabakh conflict.”
09 July 2009 [10:27]

Russian, U.S., French leaders can issue statement on Nagorno-Karabakh: Russian President's aide

Leaders of Russia, the United States and France can adopt a statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh at the G8 summit at L'Aquila.
09 July 2009 [10:17]

French co-chair: Armenia-Turkey relations, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict being resolved simultaneously, but separately

“Resolution of the Armenia-Turkey ties and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a difficult task.”
09 July 2009 [09:53]

Minsk Group U.S. co-chair: signing accord on non-use of force in Karabakh conflict possible

U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Mathew Bryza says it is possible to sign an accord on non-use of force in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
09 July 2009 [09:43]

Azerbaijan-Pakistan ties to be discussed in Baku: ambassador

Meeting of Azerbaijani-Pakistani intergovernmental commission will be held in Baku in September.
09 July 2009 [09:36]

Turkey's key goal is EU membership: analyst

Turkish analyst says although the policy in the Caucasus and the Middle East is a priority for Turkey, country's main goal in foreign policy is membership to the European Union.
09 July 2009 [09:14]

G-8 condemns North Korea's nuclear test

Group of Eight leaders have condemned "in the strongest terms" North Korea's nuclear test and ballistic missile launches, Associated Press reported.
09 July 2009 [09:03]

Matthew Bryza dismisses reports on appointment as US ambassador to Azerbaijan

OSCE Minsk Group’s American Co-Chair Matthew Bryza has dismissed reports on his appointment to the post of the US ambassador to Azerbaijan.
09 July 2009 [08:50]

Netherlands to open embassy in Azerbaijan

Netherlands' Cabinet of Ministers has decided to set up the embassy in Baku.
08 July 2009 [17:58]

Iranian ambassador returns to Azerbaijan

Iran’s ambassador to Azerbaijan Mahammadbagir Bahrami has returned to Baku, Iranian Embassy in Baku said.
08 July 2009 [17:48]

Azerbaijani political expert: I expect Azerbaijani, Armenian presidents’ Moscow meeting to be fruitful

“It is difficult to say something about results of the Moscow meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan scheduled for mid-July. But I expect this meeting to be fruitful."
08 July 2009 [17:36]

Azerbaijani ruling party deputy chairman meets with Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan

Deputy chairman of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party Ali Ahmadov met with Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vladimir Dorokhin on July 8.
08 July 2009 [17:17]

Azerbaijani central election commission spesifies voters' lists

Azerbaijani central election commission has set down to specify voters' lists.
08 July 2009 [15:42]

Armenian president receives OSCE Minsk group co-chairs

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Matthew Bryza, Bernard Fassier and Yuri Merzlyakov on July 8.
08 July 2009 [15:18]

Considerable progress in Russia-U.S. understanding on security: political scientist

Progress in the talks of U.S. and Russian Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitriy Medvedev was not reached, as it was expected, but a considerable change for the better took place in the two countries' understanding concerning the tasks on the Strategic Offensive Arms (START) and details of a future treaty were approved.
08 July 2009 [13:26]

Mail.Ru keeps on ignoring Azerbaijan’s interests

Mail.Ru, one of the biggest portals in Russia, whose has monthly audience of more than 52 million users, continues to ignore the interests of Azerbaijan and to engage in a double game.
08 July 2009 [13:06]

UAE foreign minister to visit Azerbaijan

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayid Al Nahyan will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan.
08 July 2009 [12:49]

U.S. gov't can issue $10mln in aid to Azerbaijani refugees: ambassador to U.S.

The U.S. House of Representatives discusses the issue of allocating $10 million to the Azerbaijani refugees affected by the territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
08 July 2009 [12:38]

Azerbaijan interested in Jewish lobby's experience: ambassador to U.S.

Azerbaijani Ambassador to the United States Yashar Aliyev expressed his desire that the Jewish lobby will strengthen its aid to Azerbaijan in foreign policy.
08 July 2009 [12:24]

Czech finance, defense ministers, Senate chairman will visit Azerbaijan: ambassador

“Czech Republic–Azerbaijan relations have left behind stage of constructive cooperation."
08 July 2009 [12:02]

Azerbaijan hopes delimitation of borders with Russia will be adressed by late 2009: deputy minister

Azerbaijan believes the process of delimitation of the Azerbaijani-Russian borders will finish by late 2009.
08 July 2009 [11:31]

20-percent principle on status, delimitation of Caspian Sea is not debated at all: Azerbaijani deputy FM

Preparations are underway to hold conference of the Caspian littoral states in Baku.
08 July 2009 [11:23]

Washington to host Azerbaijan-U.S. military consultations: ambassador

Washington will host the Azerbaijan-U.S. military consultations in late July, Azerbaijani Ambassador to U.S. Yashar Aliyev said.
08 July 2009 [11:16]

OSCE MG co-chairs arrive in Yerevan

OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs onsettlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict arrived in Yerevan today.
08 July 2009 [11:11]

Success of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy is country’s appropriate policy line: presidential administration official

Azerbaijan’s foreign policy sets example for many countries in the region at the moment.
08 July 2009 [11:03]

Turkey not to open borders with Armenia: former FM

Turkey will not open borders with Armenian without the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, Turkish former Foreign Minister Hikmet Chetin said.
08 July 2009 [10:53]

Senator Sam Brownback: We shouldn’t take actions which are hurtful towards Azerbaijan

U.S. Senator Sam Brownback spoke in an exclusive interview with APA. Samuel Dale Brownback is the senior United States Senator from the U.S. state of Kansas. He developed Silk Road Staretgy in 1999 while being a chairman of the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia of the Senate Committee for Foreign Relations and played important role in the adoption of this strategy, which deepened relations of the United States with Azerbaijan and other countries.
08 July 2009 [10:50]

Azerbaijani presidential administration official: Azerbaijan is going to the presidents’ Moscow meeting with its previous unchanged position

Azerbaijan is going to the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents’ Moscow meeting with its previous unchanged position, said chief of the International Relations Department of the Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov.
08 July 2009 [10:18]

Date set for Latvian president’s visit to Azerbaijan

Priorities of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Latvia will be discussed during Latvian president Valdis Zatlers’ visit to Baku in August, Azerbaijani ambassador to Latvia Tofig Zulfugarov said.
08 July 2009 [10:07]

Azerbaijan not to maintain existing status quo: FM

Azerbaijan will not allow the current situation on the Nagorno-Karabakh to continue, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at the conference on the 90th anniversary of Azerbaijani diplomacy.
08 July 2009 [09:57]

Azerbaijani representative to UN: Azerbaijan may present new resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to UN

Azerbaijan is keeping on working on resolution that the country has presented to the UN related to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
08 July 2009 [09:44]

Azerbaijani president’s visit to India being prepared: ambassador

“Azerbaijani president’s visit to India is being prepared,” Azerbaijani ambassador to India Tamerlan Garayev said.
08 July 2009 [09:38]

Belgian FM to become new EU commissioner for humanitarian affairs

Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Guchtwill be next EU commissioner for humanitarian affairs. He will replace Belgian Luis Michel, RTL-TVI reported Belgian Foreign Ministry as saying.
08 July 2009 [08:25]

Azerbaijani MP: Law on Political Parties needs to be revised

“There is a need to revise and adopt a new law on political parties,” Azerbaijani member of parliament and vice speaker BaharMuradova said.
07 July 2009 [17:54]

Turkish ruling part representatives to trip to Baku

Youth delegation of the Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party will trip to Azerbaijan upon the invitation of the Azerbaijani ruling New Azerbaijan Party youth movement, Azerbaijani ruling party Web site reported.
07 July 2009 [17:43]

Azerbaijani president receives Belarus PM

Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev received Belarus Prime Minister Sergey Sidorski on July 7.
07 July 2009 [17:26]

Turkish PM: No document proves 1915 events to be genocide

“There no any document that can prove the 1915 events to be genocide."
07 July 2009 [17:04]

Russian FM: U.S. President promised to get Jackson-Vanik amendment canceled

Cancelling Jackson-Venik amendments will be one of priorities of the Obama Administration, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
07 July 2009 [16:36]

No ethnic incompatibility between Azerbaijanis, Armenians: Azerbaijani MP

A group of Azerbaijani and Armenian public figures, intellectuals and politicians tripped to Khankandi, Yerevan and Baku earlier last week.
07 July 2009 [16:15]

Russian President’s aide: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be discussed at G8 summit

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be discussed at the G8 summit in Italy on July 8-10, aide to Russian President Arkadiy Dvorkovich told APA correspondent in Moscow.
07 July 2009 [16:05]

Azerbaijani MP: parliament adopted 99 laws, decisions since early 2009

Azerbaijani parliament has adopted 99 laws and decisions at the sprig and special sessions since early 2009.
07 July 2009 [15:47]

Visits by Azerbaijani and Armenian public figures can be one of directions in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement: vice speaker

Deputy chairman of the Azerbaijani parliament says visit of public figures to Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia must be appreciated positively.
07 July 2009 [15:09]

Azerbaijani parliament’s official: Ombudsman administration keeps on working despite termination of ombudsman’s term

“Azerbaijani Ombudsman Administration keeps on working despite termination of ombudsman’s office.”
07 July 2009 [14:55]

British NGO executive director: Minsk Process must be open to all OSCE member states

Dennis Sammut, Executive Director of the British NGO, LINKS, spoke in an exclusive intreview with Day.az
07 July 2009 [14:41]

U.S. embassy in Azerbaijan dismisses reports about Matthew Bryza’s appointment as ambassador

“The U.S. embassy in Azerbaijan dismissed reports about Matthew Bryza’s appointment as ambassador to Azerbaijan."
07 July 2009 [14:03]

Permanent Secretariat of Turkic-speaking countries' PA to be located in Baku

Permanent Secretariat of the Turkic-speaking countries' Parlaimentary Assembly (PA) will be located in Baku.
07 July 2009 [13:40]

Special group launched to develop Azerbaijan's Military Doctrine

A special group has been launched to develop Azerbaijan's Military Doctrine.
07 July 2009 [13:09]

Strategic Research Center official: Concrete progress in official talks required to make people’s diplomacy successful

“Today there is a need for concrete progress and breakthrough in terms of coordinating basic principles of conflict resolution to make people's diplomacy successful.”
07 July 2009 [12:01]

Chinese authorities say Uygur unrest put down

Chinese authorities monitor the situation in Xinjiang, north-west China where the riots killed 156 people on Sunday.
07 July 2009 [11:18]

American expert: I don’t think Russia, U.S. want reversal of current situation of Nagorno Karabakh

Nikolay Zlobin, US Center for Defense Information (CDI), Senior Fellow and Director of Russian and Eurasian Programs, spoke in an exclusive interview with APA.
07 July 2009 [10:51]

U.S. President meets Russian prime minister

U.S. President Barack Obama began his first meeting with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday morning at the Russian prime minister's country residence outside Moscow.
07 July 2009 [10:42]

Azerbaijani president receives foreign religious figures

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received foreign religious leaders who attended opening of Tezepir mosque after major overhaul.
07 July 2009 [10:19]

Armenian MP: Baku seeks “to inject defeatist medicine to Armenia”

“Statements by Azerbaijani senior officials give rise to the opinion that Baku seeks “to inject defeatist medicine to Armenia.”
07 July 2009 [09:50]

Azerbaijani president: National, religious minorities have never faced, will never face discrimination in Azerbaijan

“All nations have lived in harmony in Azerbaijan at all times.”
07 July 2009 [08:59]

Croatian parliament approves appointment of first women prime minister

Croatian parliament has approved Yadryanka Kosor as country’s prime minister
07 July 2009 [08:37]

Belarus head of government to visit Azerbaijan

Belarus Prime Minister Sergei Sidorski will pay one-day visit to Azerbaijan on July 7.
06 July 2009 [14:14]

U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Moscow

The plane of U.S. President Barack Obama had landed at Moscow Airport «Vnukovo-2» at 13:20 local time (14:20 Baku time).
06 July 2009 [11:37]

U.S. hopes for progress in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement: Assistant Secretary of State

The United States hopes for quick progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon told Trend News.
06 July 2009 [09:27]

The visit date of the President of Syria in the Azerbaijan is disclosed

The official visit of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria in the Azerbaijan, is expected on July 8.
06 July 2009 [09:22]

Presidents of the United States and Turkey discussed the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

President of the United States Barack Obama had a phone talk with President of Turkey Abdullah Gul on Sunday.
04 July 2009 [12:49]

Political expert: We will witness signing of agreement to return several occupied regions to Azerbaijan soon

“Azerbaijani public representatives who visited Karabakh tripped first of all their motherland and later met with Armenian representatives for talks.”
04 July 2009 [12:24]

European People's Party intends to cooperate with Azerbaijani ruling party

European People's Party (EPP) will cooperate with the ruling party of Azerbaijan.
04 July 2009 [12:16]

American military representatives still looking forward to make a decision on Gabala Radar : US ex-Defense Secretary

Trend News interview with William Cohen, who served as Secretary of defense from 1997 to 2001 under Bill Clinton administration.
04 July 2009 [12:07]

Turkish ambassador commented on mutual visits by Azerbaijani, Armenian public figures

“I can not comment in detail on the fact that delegation that tripped to Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia did not include Turkish representatives.”
04 July 2009 [11:54]

Azerbaijani MP: Armenian public figures’ visit to Baku will enable Armenia to think what it loses by waging war with Azerbaijan

“I think it is not late yet to change something and visit by the Azerbaijani and Armenian public figures to Khankandi, Yerevan and Baku in a bid to establish a dialogue will give Armenia an opportunity to think once again about what it is losing by waging war with Azerbaijan.”
04 July 2009 [11:20]

European Commission to finance programs in Eastern Europe, S.Caucasus

The European Commission will allocate ?40 million to finance projects in the Eastern Europe and South Caucasus, the European Commission reported.
04 July 2009 [11:10]

Foreign Former Iranian minister: The situation in Iran will have no serious impact on Azerbaijan and other neighbor countries

The situation in Iran will have no serious impact on Azerbaijan and other neighbor countries, Fariborz Ghadar, Senior Advisor of the US Center for Strategic and International Studies and former minister of Iranian Shah’s government, said.
04 July 2009 [11:02]

Azerbaijani MP: Peace agreement on resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can be reached by end of 2009

“Following a tour to Karabakh and talks with Armenian public figures, I hope that peace agreement on resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be reached by end of 2009.”
04 July 2009 [10:35]

IAEA: North Korea’s nuclear program dangerous for Eastern Asia

Newly appointed director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano says North Korea’s nuclear program poses danger for the Eastern Asia and this issue must be solved only through dialogue.
04 July 2009 [09:46]

Congress of Ukrainian Azerbaijanis head: Armenians responsible for unrest in Marganets

“Ukrainians are responsible for unrest in Marganets city of Dnepropetrovsk province in Ukraine”
04 July 2009 [09:30]

President Ilham Aliyev receives Azerbaijani and Armenian intellectuals - PHOTO (UPDATE )

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Azerbaijani and Armenian intellectuals
04 July 2009 [09:24]

Azerbaijani MP presents Parliament proposals on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Azerbaijani MP presented to the leadership of the Parliament of Azerbaijan proposals for devising a national program for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.