Politics

03 July 2009 [08:33]

Azerbaijan's territorial integrity must not be matter of debate: Azerbaijani FM

Azerbaijan does not see any other ways to solve the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, but to give the autonomy to the Nagorno-Karabakh within its boundaries, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said in an interview with the AzerTaj state news agency.
02 July 2009 [17:52]

Azerbaijani FM receives co-chair of Azerbaijan-Romania intergovernmental commission

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received Romania’s Minister of Economy and co-chair of Azerbaijan-Romania intergovernmental commission Adriean Videanu on July 2.
02 July 2009 [17:40]

Azerbaijani president receives Greek FM, Romanian economy minister

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received OSCE-Chairwoman-in-Office and Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannnis and Romanian Economy Minister and Co-Chair of the Azerbaijan-Romania Inter-Governmental Commission Adrian Videanu on July 2.
02 July 2009 [17:00]

Azerbaijani first vice prime minister: Romania is Azerbaijan’s reliable partner in Eastern Europe

Azerbaijan's first vice prime minister says Romania is Azerbaijan’s reliable partner in Eastern Europe.
02 July 2009 [16:45]

Azerbaijani political expert: Swedish prime minister meant suspension of Eastern Partnership which includes Azerbaijan for coming half-year

I think Swedish Prime Minister Frederick Reinsfild who presides over the EU meant suspension of the Eastern Partnership which includes Azerbaijan for coming half-year during which Sweden will hold EU chairmanship.
02 July 2009 [15:46]

Parliamentary committee works on new social bill: parliamentary committee chair

Azerbaijani parliament’s Committee for Social Policy Hadi Rajabli aims to bring five new bills for discussions in autumn session.
02 July 2009 [15:11]

Russian ambassador: Dmitry Medvedev’s visit showed strategic partnership with Azerbaijan is real

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to Azerbaijan showed that strategic partnership between Russia and Azerbaijan is not just a formula, but it really reflects core of Russia-Azerbaijan ties.
02 July 2009 [14:46]

Russian ambassador: Azerbaijan, Russia agree to use water distributor on Samur River

During Russian president Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to Baku, Russia and Azerbaijan reached principal agreement to jointly use water distributor on trans-boundary Samur River, Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vladimir Dorokhin said.
02 July 2009 [14:09]

Turkey hopes OSCE MG will assist with Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution: FM

Turkey hopes the OSCE Minsk Group will soon help to solve the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict which will lead to stability and security in the region, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davudoglu said at a joint news conference with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
02 July 2009 [13:35]

OSCE head welcomes amendments to Law on NGO by Azerbaijani parliament

OSCE-Chairman-in-Office Dora Bakoyannis welcomes latest amendments by the Azerbaijani parliament to the law on NGOs adopted in late June, OSCE said in a statement.
02 July 2009 [13:28]

I have never apologized to anybody: Azerbaijani ambassador to Iran

“Iranian newspapers spread untrue reports that I was invited to the Foreign Ministry of this country to apologize. It is next invention of Iranian press”, Azerbaijani ambassador to Iran Abbasali Hasanov told APA.
02 July 2009 [13:01]

US ambassador to leave Azerbaijan tomorrow

US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse will leave Baku on Friday due to end of her diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan.
02 July 2009 [12:21]

European Commission representative: Energy security is crucial to European Union, Azerbaijan

Exclusive Day.Az interview with Christina Hohmann, spokesperson to EU Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner.
02 July 2009 [11:34]

OSCE accepts only dialogue in Karabakh settlement: head of organization

OSCE admits only dialogue in Karabakh settlement, chairman of the organization Dora Bakoyannis said during briefing in Baku on July 2 after talks with Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
02 July 2009 [11:14]

Ambassador: The next meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents will be held in Moscow in mid-July

The next meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents will be held in Moscow in mid-July, Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vladimir Dorokhin said.
02 July 2009 [11:08]

Ariel Cohen: The energy deal signed by Azerbaijan and Russia is a signal to Turkey

Washington. Zaur Hasanov – APA. “The energy deal signed during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to Azerbaijan on June 29 is a signal to Turkey,” Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. Senior Research Fellow, Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,The Heritage Foundation, told APA.
02 July 2009 [09:06]

Turkey Not Disturbed By Russia-Azerbaijan Rapprochement - Turkish FM

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Wednesday before his departure for Russia that Turkey was not disturbed by the rapprochement between Azerbaijan and Russia, Haber news agency reported.
01 July 2009 [18:02]

Lech Kaczynski: «Poland wants Azerbaijan to become important country in great European family»

Trend News European Desk's exclusive interview with President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczynski on the threshold of his visit to Baku on July 2 - 3.
01 July 2009 [16:05]

Co-chairs hope to achieve progress in talks on resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Russian co-chair

OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will arrive in the region next week to meet with Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov told Trend News over telephone from Moscow.
01 July 2009 [14:30]

Polish President Lech Kaczynski to pay official visit to Azerbaijan tomorrow

Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife will arrive in Baku on Thursday for two-day visit, Polish embassy in Azerbaijan told APA.
01 July 2009 [14:09]

Iranian embassy presents note to Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry

Iranian embassy in Azerbaijan presented a note to Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Spokesman for Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elkhan Polukhov told APA.
01 July 2009 [10:01]

Armenians violate ceasefire again

Armenians violated ceasefire again.
01 July 2009 [08:50]

Presidential administration official: Date of meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan has not yet been clarified, but perhaps it will be held in July

”Date of next meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan has not yet been clarified, but perhaps it will be held in July”, said head of the department of International Relations of presidential administration Novruz Mamedov.
30 June 2009 [17:04]

Azerbaijan plays critical role in helping to promote security and stability in S.Caucasus: OSCE Chairperson-in-Office

Azerbaijan plays a critical role in helping to promote security and stability in the South Caucasus and the whole OSCE area, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dora Bakoyannis believes.
30 June 2009 [16:35]

Azerbaijani CEC considers decreasing number of municipalities as necessary step: chairman

The Azerbaijani Central Election Committee (CEC) considers reducing a number of municipalities in the country as a necessary step.
30 June 2009 [16:28]

Iran's Azerbaijanis must correctly appreciate processes in Iran: Congress of World Azerbaijanis

Congress of World Azerbaijanis supports waiting position of Iran's Azerbaijanis.
30 June 2009 [16:21]

No incident occurs during OSCE monitoring on contact line between Azerbaijani, Armenian armies

No incident occurred during a monitoring on the contact line of between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces near Khoka Nabi village of Tovuz region, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend News.
30 June 2009 [13:47]

Milli Mejlis approves amendments to the laws on non-governmental organizations and freedom of faith

Milli Mejlis, Azerbaijani parliament discussed the amendments to the laws on non-governmental organizations and freedom of faith.
30 June 2009 [13:16]

Azerbaijani parliament to send protest to US Congress due to assistance to Nagorno Karabakh

The Parliament of Azerbaijan is preparing an appeal to the US congress due to the allocation of subsidies to Nagorno Karabakh as a humanitarian aid, said MM speaker Oqtay Asadov, according to Interfax-Azerbaijan.
30 June 2009 [12:40]

Azerbaijani MP proposes to design special national program on resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Member of Azerbaijani parliament proposes to design special national program on resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
30 June 2009 [12:15]

Head of Caucasus Muslims Department visiting Astana

Head of the Caucasus Muslims Department Sheikhulislam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade arrived by a charter flight to Astana, said representative of the Azerbaijani embassy to Kazakhstan.
30 June 2009 [10:53]

Press secretary of Iranian embassy in Azerbaijan hopes for ambassador's return to Baku

Ambassador Muhammad Bagir Bahrami is in Tehran to clarify some issues, the Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan reported.
30 June 2009 [10:27]

Turkey determined on normalization of relations with Armenia: FM

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu expressed on Sunday Turkey's determination about the ongoing negotiation process with Armenia, The Journal of Turkish Weekly reported.
30 June 2009 [10:25]

Political scientist: I do not think the visits of heads of states to Azerbaijan might promote resolution of the Karabakh conflict

I think the visit of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to Azerbaijan will not influence the resolution of the Karabakh conflict, said political scientist Araz Alizade, commenting on the visit of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to Azerbaijan.
30 June 2009 [10:09]

France to make every efforts for fair settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: FM

France as the OSCE Minsk Group country will make every efforts for fair and sequential settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the French Foreign Ministry reported.
30 June 2009 [10:07]

Gudrat Hasanquliyev's party supports creation of municipalities in big cities

The United Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan does not consider that reduction in the number of municipalities will improve their work, said deputy chairman of the party Elchin Mirzabeyli.
30 June 2009 [09:12]

U.S. ambassador speaks Azerbaijani to American students in University of Languages

U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse met with the American students learning the Azerbaijani language in Azerbaijan University of Languages, APA reports.
30 June 2009 [08:52]

Armenians violate ceasefire

29 June 2009 [17:08]

Anne Derse: President Barack Obama will announce the name of the new U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan

The name of the new U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan has not been publicized, APA reports.
29 June 2009 [16:10]

MP speaks on Azerbaijani-Turkish relations in Istanbul

Chairman of the Democratic reforms party Asim Mollazade took part in a conference on Azerbaijani-Turkish relations, according to the press service for the party.
29 June 2009 [15:43]

Political scientist: I do not see radical worsening of relations between Iran and Azerbaijan connected with the visit of Shimon Peres to Baku

I do not see radical worsening of relations between Iran and Azerbaijan connected with the visit of Shimon Peres to Baku, said political scientist Rasim Musabeyov commenting on the visit of Israeli President Shimon Peres to Azerbaijan.
29 June 2009 [09:59]

Conference kicks off in Baku in frames of summer session of NATO international school in Azerbaijan

The conference on "Marine security" kicked off in Baku Monday in frames of the summer session of the NATO international school in Azerbaijan.
29 June 2009 [08:44]

Official Baku regards Paris meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers as effective

The meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Edward Nalbadian in Paris was effective, spokesman for Foreign Ministry Elkhan Polukhov told APA.
27 June 2009 [11:56]

Meeting between Azerbaijani, Armenian foreign ministers was constructive: U.S. co-chair

The working meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign minister was constructive and aimed to discuss next meeting of presidents, U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza told Trend News over telephone from Paris.
27 June 2009 [11:42]

Armenians violate ceasefire again

Armenian armed forces violated ceasefire on June 26 again.
27 June 2009 [11:31]

Carrying out Turkish-Armenian talks and Azerbaijani-Armenian talks in parallel with each other would ensure lasting peace in the region - Turkish FM

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday in Trieste, Italy G-8 foreign ministers issued a declaration in which they also defined efforts to normalize relations between Turkey and Armenia as positive, Turk.net reported.
27 June 2009 [11:18]

OSCE to monitor contact line between Azerbaijani, Armenian armies

On June 30, monitoring will be held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces near Khoka Nabi village of Tovuz region.
27 June 2009 [09:22]

International Alert: The atmosphere of distrust between Armenian and Azerbaijani peoples is possible to remove

"The atmosphere of distrust between Armenian and Azerbaijani peoples can soon be removed", said director of the projects "Program on Eurasia" of British International Alert Desislava Rusanova.
27 June 2009 [08:17]

Russia's President will visit Azerbaijan on June 29

Medvedev will visit Azerbaijan on June 29.
25 June 2009 [17:46]

Turkish Deputy FM: Turkish community will not allow diplomatic relations with Armenia until the solution of Nagorno Karabakh problem

Prospects of the unresolved conflicts in the Caucasus were discussed within the security forum of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in Astana, Kazakhstan, APA correspondent reports.
25 June 2009 [16:21]

French embassy to Baku not confirming information about Nicholas Sarkozy's visit to Azerbaijan

"We cannot confirm information about the visit of French president Nicholas Sarkozy to Azerbaijan", said spokesman for the French embassy to Azerbaijan Camilya Akhundova.
25 June 2009 [14:54]

Ruling party holds sessions in western region due to preparation to municipal elections

The Yeni Azerbaijan party held sessions for regional organizations of the western region due to preparation to municipal elections in Goygol, according to the press service of the party.
25 June 2009 [14:13]

Ruling party representative receives US adviser on political issues in Azerbaijan

On June 26 Ali Ahmedov, executive secretary and deputy chairman of the party received US adviser on political issues in Azerbaijan Juana Genson, according to the press service for the party.
25 June 2009 [13:34]

Romanian ambassador: NATO supports solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict within Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity

Roundtable “NATO’s role in European security system” was held in Ganja State University with participation of Romanian ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolae Ureku, APA’s local bureau reports.
25 June 2009 [12:20]

Latvia condemns violation of ecological safety in Nagorno-Karabakh by Armenia: minister

Latvia condemns violation of ecological safety in Nagorno-Karabakh by Armenia.