Politics

16 March 2005 [22:40]

Two Azeri soldiers were killed by Armenian snipers

Two soldiers of Azerbaijan wounded as a result of shooting by Armenians died in the hospital today.
16 March 2005 [22:26]

Armenians broke ceasefire in the direction of Gazakh region

Divisions of Armed Forces of Armenia fired the positions of Armed Forces of Azerbaijan located in the territory of Gizil Hajili village of Gazakh region from their positions located in1.5 km to the east of Berkaber village of Ichevan region and 2 km to the north-east of occupied Kheyrimli village of Gazakh region and Mazamli village with submachine and machine guns at 23.50-00.15 on March 14.
16 March 2005 [22:24]

Malcolm Bruce met with families of persons considered political prisons by Council of Europe

Malcolm Bruce speaker on case with political prisoners in Azerbaijan of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PA CE) met the families of persons who are considered political prisons by the organization in Information Department of Baku representation of CE yesterday.
16 March 2005 [22:19]

Nagorno-Karabakh issue to be discussed in Brussels

Discussions of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are to be held 17-18 March in Brussels. The member of the parliament delegation of Azerbaijan to PACE Elmar Ibrahimov informed agency Trend.
16 March 2005 [14:17]

14 documents on bilateral cooperation prepared between Azerbaijan and Poland

14 new documents on bilateral cooperation were prepared between Azerbaijan and Poland. The Polish embassy to Azerbaijan informed agency Trend.
16 March 2005 [14:03]

Milii Mejlis confirmed the composition of Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Council

Law project "about mortgage" was discussed in the second reading and adopted in the second part of today's meeting of Milli Mejlis (parliament).
16 March 2005 [13:49]

Department of foreign affairs of Canada to introduce adjustments into erroneous information on internet-site, connected with Azerbaijan

The erroneous information, connected with Azerbaijan, located on internet- site of the Department of foreign affairs of Canada is to be updated. MFA of Azerbaijan informed agency Trend about this.
16 March 2005 [13:46]

Training in the area of the fight against illegal migration of human traffic runs in Baku

The mobile group, established by commandment of the training center of Armed Forces of the Turkey on cooperation, runs training in Azerbaijan.
16 March 2005 [01:12]

Extremely negative attitude to activity of some Canadian companies expressed in Azerbaijan

The parliament and the Azerbaijan society express their extremely negative attitude to activity of some Canadian companies, contradicting to norms of the international law.
15 March 2005 [23:28]

Transport ministers from TRACECA member-states to meet in Baku

Transport Ministers of 12 TRACECA member-states will be held in Baku on 21 April 2005, Asgar Alakbarov, the Executive Director of the Coordinating Bureau of European Union's Technical Assistance Program (TACIS) in Azerbaijan, told Trend.
15 March 2005 [23:13]

Austrian historian directed appellation in connection with Hojali tragedy to parliament of his state

The Austrian citizen, doctor of historical sciences Erik Faygil directed the appellation to the parliament of his state in connection with Hojali genocide.
15 March 2005 [22:11]

Opposition members arrested in October 15-16 happenings will be amnestied

Meetings of Amnesty Commission at president are on.
15 March 2005 [21:42]

Ilham Aliyev leaves for China today

President Ilham Aliyev will pay the first official visit to the People's Republic of China today.
15 March 2005 [19:29]

Representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and Turkey to convene in New York

It is planned to held International conference "The days of friendship of Caucasus" approximately 18-20 March, in New York. As agency Trend informs, the organizer of the conference is one of the biggest non-governmental organizations of the world- Rotary Club.
15 March 2005 [18:56]

Armenians again broke the ceasefire

On March 13 at 20.00 divisions of Armenian Armed Forces from their positions situating 1 km in the north of occupied Garagashli village of Aghdam region fired at the divisions of Azerbaijan Armed Forces situating in Sarijali village of the same region.
13 March 2005 [02:14]

Azerbaijan founded 7 new embassies

Azerbaijan is to open additionally embassies in 7 countries.
13 March 2005 [01:58]

Azerbaijan President satisfied with results of his Saudi Arabia official visit

"Political relations between Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan are in very high level. This visit repeatedly proved it". As Agency Trend informs, Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev stated this on completion of his three-day visit to Saudi Arabia (SA).
13 March 2005 [01:55]

6-7 new bilateral documents to be signed between Azerbaijan and Poland

6-7 new bilateral documents are to be signed between Azerbaijan and Poland. One of diplomatic sources informed Agency Trend.
13 March 2005 [01:39]

Ilham Aliyev received delegation of UNESCAP and UNECE

Yesterday President Ilham Aliyev has received delegation of UNO Economical and Social Commission on Asia and Pacific Ocean (UNESCAP) and UNO Economical Commission on Europe (UNECE).
13 March 2005 [01:38]

Issue and spread of post stamps by alleged "NagornoGarabagh Republic" is prevented

Issue and spread of post stamps by Armenia by the name of the occupied Nagorno Garabagh territory of Azerbaijan has been prevented.
13 March 2005 [01:34]

Gulamhuseyn Alibeyli: "Till the next session of PA CE Rahim Gaziyev and the ones arrested because of October events will be set free"

"If the responsibilities taken are not fulfilled until April, proxies of Azerbaijan delegation may be stopped".
13 March 2005 [01:33]

President of FNNGO Azay Guliyev received delegation of National Democracy Institute

Yexterday president of Forum of National Non-governmental Organizations Azay Guliyev met country director of National Democracy Institute Christy Kverc, program employee Sasha Brus, and program director Sam Sager.
13 March 2005 [01:26]

Steven Mann: "Report of Fact -Finding mission has been drown up professionally"

Report drown up on settling in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan by Fact -Finding mission of OSCE aims to improve the talks process on solution of the conflict."
11 March 2005 [20:19]

Turkish Municipality officially acknowledges Khojaly genocide

Kechioren Municipality of Ankara acknowledged Khojaly genocide officially. Agency Trend informs this decision was adopted on the eve of the special session, with participation of deputies of Supreme National Meeting of Turkey (SNMT).
11 March 2005 [17:46]

Prime Minister of Georgia comes to Baku again

Delegation of government headed by Prime Minister of Georgia Zurab Nogaideli will come to Baku again in April, this year.
11 March 2005 [17:22]

Significant contradictions remain between Armenia and Azerbaijan

"Significant contradictions remain between Armenia and Azerbaijan on issue on Nagorno Karabkh, however the presidents Kocharian and Aliyev are loyal to peaceable settlement of conflict".
11 March 2005 [17:13]

Armenians violated ceasefire again

Divisions of Armed Forces of Armenia fired the positions of Armed Forces of Azerbaijan located in the territory of village of Gapanli of Terter region from their positions located 1km from the north-west of occupied village Seysulan of the same region with guns at 11.10a.m on March 9 and at 08.55a.m on March 10.
10 March 2005 [14:48]

PACE co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan to meet with 'political prisoners'

Malcolm Bruce, the co-rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on political prisoners in Azerbaijan will pay a visit to Baku, Aytan Shirinova, the spokeswomen for the Baku Office of the Council of Europe, told Trend.
10 March 2005 [14:47]

Samad Seyidov: "I do not even want to imagine the demands of Council of Europe not to be fulfilled"

"Azerbaijan must make fast and serious steps. Public TV must be established in the shortest period of time. Till April session of PACE, we must reach the information about the establishment of Public TV to the attention of Council of Europe.
10 March 2005 [14:45]

$412M of total WB credit allocated to Azerbaijan

Over the cooperation lasting from 1992 to 2004 the World Bank allocated to Azerbaijan $622m worth of credits, according to official website of the WB.
10 March 2005 [14:42]

Armenians violated ceasefire in three directions

On 8th of March divisions of Armenian Armed Forces fired the positions of Azerbaijan Armed Forces in area of Borsunlu village of Terter region with submachine and machine guns from their positions in occupied "N" mountain height located in 2.5 km to the south-eastern part of Tapgaragoyunlu village of Goranboy region at 20.10 to 20.45.
10 March 2005 [14:40]

Azay Quliyev: "Special attention will be paid to the matter of political prisoners in the next amnesty decree"

"Some meetings of Amnesty Commission have already been held. Commission members meet regularly and discuss the appeals".
10 March 2005 [14:38]

Visit of Ilham Aliyev to Saudi Arabia is on

The visit of Ilham Aliyev to Saudi Arabia by the invitation of the king of this country Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud continues.
10 March 2005 [14:32]

Congressmen demand USA president to accept "Armenian genocide"

Members of "Support group to Armenia" of USA congress Joe Nollenberg and Frenk Pallone applying president George Bush, invited him to recognize "Armenian genocide" during traditional annual speech on April 24.
10 March 2005 [12:46]

Opposition leaders of Azerbaijan meets with British amb

Isa Gambar, the head of Musavat Party, received Laurence Bristow, the British Ambassador to Azerbaijan, on Wednesday, the party told Trend.
09 March 2005 [10:19]

Azerbaijan is not interested in peacekeepers in Karabakh

"Placing of peacekeeping forces in the conflict zone would serve the problem's freezing, not its solving. Azerbaijan is interested in resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, not freezing,"
09 March 2005 [10:17]

President Ilham Aliyev and crown prince Emir Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud talk in an enlarged format

On March 8, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Crown Prince, First Deputy Prime Minister, Commander of The National Guard of Saudi Arabia, Emir Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud held talks in an enlarged format.
08 March 2005 [13:13]

French specialists to participate investigation of journalist's murder

French specialists have been attracted to the investigation of the murder of Elmar Husseynov, the editor-in-chief of the Monitor magazine, who was shot to death on 2 March near his apartment, Rolan Blattman, the French Ambassador to Azerbaijan, told journalists on Monday.
08 March 2005 [12:48]

Coordinator of International Working Group met Azerbaijani soldiers

Yesterday Albert Voskanyan-coordinator of International Working Group on search of lost, taken hostage and captivated persons on Garabagh conflict zone met Azerbaijani hostages Khayal Abdullayev, Hikmet Taghiyev and Ruslan Bakirov detained in Khankendi.
08 March 2005 [12:01]

NATO-Azerbaijan meeting due

The NATO-Azerbaijan meeting to discuss the Individual partnership Action plan is going to take place in Brussels on April 7.
08 March 2005 [11:33]

USA to increase aid to Azerbaijan for struggle against narcotic criminality

USA State Department spread a report reflecting "International strategy for the control over the circulation of narcotic means".
08 March 2005 [10:58]

Kazakh President to visit Azerbaijan

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev plans to pay an official visit to Azerbaijan in June, Andar Shukputov, the Kazakh ambassador to Azerbaijan, told Trend.
08 March 2005 [09:09]

Turkish Great Silk Route fund awards Azeri President 'politician of 2004' premium

The Turkish Great Silk Route Fund awarded Ilham Aliyev, the Azerbaijani President, also an honorary chairman of the Fund the title 'Politician of 2004', the Azerbaijani embassy in Turkey announced.
07 March 2005 [17:23]

Defense Minister of Turkey to pay an official visit to Baku in May

Defense Minister of Turkey Vecdi Konul will pay an official visit to our country in May on the invitation of his Azerbaijani counterpart Safar Abiyev.
07 March 2005 [17:05]

5 police associates came from Turkey to investigate the murder of Elmar Huseynov

Investigation group consisting of associates of MNS, MIA and Procurator's Office of Republic formed for investigating the murder of editor-in-chief of the magazine "Monitor" Elmar Huseynov who was murdered on March 2 is continuing its work.
07 March 2005 [16:46]

Azeri MPS to visit Iran

Members of the Azerbaijan-Iran interparliamentary friendship group will pay a visit to Iran late March 2005, Namik Aliyev, the head of the International Relationships Department of Milli Majlis [Azerbaijani parliament] told Trend.
05 March 2005 [17:13]

Ilham Aliyev to pay visits to Saudi Arabia, China and Poland this month

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev plans to pay official visits to three foreign countries during this month.
05 March 2005 [17:04]

Azerbaijan and Russia require foreign travel passports to cross the borders

Citizens of Russia and Azerbaijan will trip betweens the two countries only with foreign passports.
05 March 2005 [16:47]

Araz Azimov: "Illegal Armenian settling facts in Lachin, Kelbejer, Zangilan, Jebrail and Gubadli" were confirmed

Deputy Prime Minister Araz Azimov who was on a visit to Prague with Minister for Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov has held press conference on results of the visit today.
05 March 2005 [16:41]

Meeting between the Azeri authority and opposition held

Today in the International Press Center by the initiative of Presidential Office authority and opposition parties came together within the murder of Elmar Huseynov-editor in chief of "Monitor" magazine.
05 March 2005 [16:40]

Ferda Asadov: "Soros" foundation does not intend to finance any revolution

"Soros"foundation has never implemented revolution strategy. Ferda Asadov, executive director on Azerbaijan of Open Society Institute "Soros" Foundation, informed about it.
05 March 2005 [16:13]

Ambassadors of European Union countries in Baku made statement on the murder of Elmar Huseynov

Ambassadors of European Union countries in Baku made statement on the murder of editor-in-chief of the magazine "Monitor" Elmar Huseynov.
05 March 2005 [15:45]

FBI associate that will investigate the murder of Elmar Huseynov arrived to Azerbaijan

Yesterday in the morning, associate of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), special agent, regional law attache came to Baku.
04 March 2005 [09:37]

About 10 agreement will be signed during President Ilham Aliyev's visit to China

President Ilham Aliyev's visit to China Peoples Republic will be in the second ten days of March.(APA).
04 March 2005 [09:30]

Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia will sign several agreements

A number of agreements between Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia will be signed during the visit of Azerbaijan delegation to Saudi Arabia in March 8, reported at the Ministry of Economic Development.
04 March 2005 [09:29]

FBI will assist Azeri with murder investigation

The United States is sending a special FBI agent to Azerbaijan to help find those responsible of the killing of magazine editor Elmar Huseynov.
04 March 2005 [09:26]

Azerbaijani opposition calls for protests

The opposition in Azerbaijan is calling for protests over the shooting death of an editor of a magazine critical of the government.
04 March 2005 [09:25]

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev makes statement for mass media

On March 3 President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the Presidential Palace made a statement for mass media in connection with murder on Wednesday at 21.00 of editor-in-chief of the "Monitor' magazine Elmar Huseynov.
04 March 2005 [09:23]

Statement of ambassadors of European Union countries in connection with murder of Elmar Huseynov

Ambassadors of the European Union countries in Baku experience feeling of deep concern in connection with murder on March 2 the editor-in-chief of magazine " Monitor ", visible journalist Elmar Huseynov.
04 March 2005 [09:21]

U.S. embassy issues statement on killing of editor-in-chief of magazine

The U.S. embassy is shocked and suddened at the killing of prominent and Monitor magazine editor-in-chief Elmar Huseynov, a statement issued by the U.S. embassy reads.
04 March 2005 [09:13]

Georgian PM expected

Zurab Nogaideli, the Georgian Prime Minister, will pay a two-day visit to Azerbaijan on Friday, the Georgian embassy in Baku told Trend.
04 March 2005 [09:11]

Paris meeting of foreign ministers canceled

Scheduled for March 3 in Paris, the meeting between Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan and Varan Oskanyan of Armenia on finding peaceful solution to the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, has been canceled because of the Armenian Minister's health problems, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan announced.
03 March 2005 [09:40]

Baku office of bp rejects the accusations on its participation in coup d'etat in Azerbaijan

"bp doesn't involve this policy and it does only business in Azerbaijan.
03 March 2005 [09:37]

Armenians violated the ceasefire again

Armenian military groupings fired at Azeri positions in the direction of Hasangaya village of Terter region yesterday at about 10:00p.m in the morning hours.
03 March 2005 [09:35]

Prime Minister of Romania to visit Azerbaijan

Meeting of Azerbaijan-Romania Inter-Governments Economic Commission will be hold in the end of this year.
03 March 2005 [09:09]

Break in stability in frontline might be goal-directed - OSCE special envoy

Andjey Caspzyk, a personal envoy of the OSCE chairman-in-office is concerned on frequent violations of cease-fire regime in the Azerbaijani- Armenian frontline. "it is unaffordable and at any case is directed at raising tension in the region," Caspzyk told Trend.
02 March 2005 [23:14]

Opposition journalist killed in Azerbaijan

The editor of a magazine critical of Azerbaijan's government has been fatally shot dead in Baku.
02 March 2005 [08:44]

US to allocate $7m for parliamentary elections to be held in Azerbaijan

"The US government allotted funds for the development of democracy in Azerbaijan. The funds should be used together with the people and Azerbaijani government," Reno Harnish, the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, told journalists.
02 March 2005 [08:43]

Armenia violated the ceasefire 17 times in the last two months

In the last two months Armenia violated the ceasefire 17 times.
02 March 2005 [08:33]

Azeri President receives special envoy of Iranian President on Caspian diplomacy

Iran is working over concrete issues directed at the implementation of documents signed during the recent visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's visit to Iran, Mehdi Safari, the special envoy of the Iranian President, said in a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday.
02 March 2005 [08:30]

Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Armenia to meet in Paris on March 3

The date of the meeting between Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Armenia has been changed.
02 March 2005 [07:52]

Azeri President expected to sign amnesty act before Novruz holiday

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is expected to sign an amnesty act on the eve of Novruz holiday, Tend reports quoting Zalimkhan Yagud, a member of the commission on pardon at the Azerbaijani President's Apparat.
02 March 2005 [07:51]

The President of Azerbaijan may visit investment conference in China

The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev may visit an investment conference on Azerbaijan held in People's Republic of China.
02 March 2005 [07:49]

Returning of captured Azeri soldiers is unknown

Talks for setting three Azerbaijanis captured on February, 16 by Armenians free are on.