Politics

24 August 2006 [11:59]

Armenian fire on Azerbaijani Army positions in Agdam

Armenians have intensively violated the ceasefire in Agdam front.
24 August 2006 [09:46]

Azerbaijani and Jordanian governments conclude framework agreement on bilateral cooperation

Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov today received the delegation led by Abdullah Al-Khatib, Foreign Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
24 August 2006 [08:37]

Elmar Mammadyarov: "Exact date of meeting with Vardan Oskanyan must be set"

"I discussed meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan on telephone talks with France co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fasier yesterday," Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists.
23 August 2006 [20:34]

U.S. weighs response to Iran proposal

The Bush administration is taking its time responding to a mixed message from Iran that offers negotiations on its nuclear program but resists suspension of uranium enrichment.
23 August 2006 [20:23]

Ogtay Asadov meets Russian Ambassador

Speaker of Milli Majlis Ogtay Asadov met with the ambassador of the Russians Federation to the country Vasily Istratov, 23 August.
23 August 2006 [20:17]

Ali Abbasov meets Russian Ambassador

Ali Abbasov, Minister of Communication and Information Technologies met with Vasili Istratov, Ambassador of Russia to Azerbaijan.
23 August 2006 [20:14]

President Aliyev sends condolences to Vladimir Putin

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a message of condolence to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the Tupolev-154 plane crash in Ukraine.
23 August 2006 [20:11]

King of Jordan left Azerbaijan

On 23 August, the official visit of the King of Jordan, His Majesty Abdullah to Azerbaijan ended.
23 August 2006 [19:59]

Haji Mammadov: "We targeted villains not good ones"

Azerbaijan Court of Grave Crimes on Wednesday continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department former high ranking official.
23 August 2006 [19:57]

Damage caused by Armenian arson in Fuzuli region calculated

Armenian occupying forces continue to commit arson in the Azerbaijani region of Fuzuli, near front line and far from it.
23 August 2006 [19:55]

Presidential pardon to be granted

Presidential pardon is expected to be granted on the 15th anniversary of Azerbaijan's independence.
23 August 2006 [19:52]

Rasim Musabeyov: "Armenia does not understand that Azerbaijan might refuse current proposals after five years"

"Principal of territorial integrity in solution of conflicts" roundtable was held in Baku on Wednesday.
23 August 2006 [15:47]

New repressive measures enforced to prevent unrests in Tabriz

New suppressive measures have been adopted by the Iranian government to counter possible unrests in Tabriz, provincial capital of Eastern Azerbaijan.
23 August 2006 [15:38]

Allahshukur Pashazadeh: "I am ready to mediate in the solution of Israel-Lebanon conflict"

"I am ready to mediate in the solution of the Middle East problems, including the conflict between Israel and Lebanon if there is a need, and I am offered to do that," Sheikulislam Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh, head of Office of Caucasian Muslims told journalists.
23 August 2006 [15:33]

Israeli President accused of sexual harassment

Israeli police have raided the official residence of President Moshe Katsav and taken away computers and documents in connection with sexual harassment allegations.
23 August 2006 [15:05]

Azerbaijan considers sending Mideast peacekeeping troops

Azerbaijan is considering contributing to the international peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said Wednesday.
23 August 2006 [14:35]

President Aliyev meets King Abdullah II

His Majesty King Abdullah II visited on Wednesday in the Azerbaijani capital Baku the Heydar Aliyev foundation, where he was briefed on the activities carried out by the Foundation in the area of charitable work, the development of education and care for children, orphans and displaced.
23 August 2006 [13:46]

Elmar Mammadyarov:"We should carry out operation to prevent Armenian arsons in our occupied lands"

"We should carry out an operation to prevent Armenian arsons in the occupied Azerbaijani lands," Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists.
23 August 2006 [13:27]

Amnesty International: "Israel committed military crimes against Lebanese people"

Amnesty International accused Israeli government of military crimes against Lebanon.
23 August 2006 [12:09]

Occupation of Azerbaijani regions to be commemorated in Sweden and Canada

The Azerbaijan Way Political Movement will stage protest actions in commemoration of the 13th anniversary of the occupation of Jabrayil and Fuzuli regions of Azerbaijan in Sweden and Canada in the frames of the "Karabakh" World Protest Actions.
23 August 2006 [10:18]

King of Jordan arrives in Azerbaijan

His Majesty King Abdullah II arrived on Tuesday in Baku on a two-day official visit to Azerbaijan.
23 August 2006 [09:32]

Azerbaijani parliamentarians to visit Israel

Azerbaijani parliamentarians will visit Israel in autumn, parliamentarian Yevda Abramov, Azerbaijan-Israel Interparliamentary Friendship Group co-chair told.
23 August 2006 [09:09]

Armenian arsons continue to catch Azerbaijani lands

August 21, at night Armenian occupying forces set fire to no man's land in Noyemberyan village bordering with the Azerbaijani village Kamarli in Gazakh region.
23 August 2006 [09:01]

Nizami Bahmanov: "Armenians are mainly transferred to Kalbajar and Lachin regions"

Over 1,000 Armenians are living in the Azerbaijani region of Shusha besides Armenian militants, and majority of them did not live there before, Nizami Bahmanov, head of Azerbaijani community of Karabakh told journalists.
23 August 2006 [08:53]

President receives Director of Copenhagen Consensus Center

President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev received the director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center Bjorn Lomborg.
22 August 2006 [22:30]

Emergencies Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov receives Korean charge d'affaires

Emergencies Minister, General Colonel Kamaladdin Heydarov today received Korean charge d'affaires in Azerbaijan Lyu Kvang Chu.
22 August 2006 [22:06]

Nizami Bahmanov: "Kaspshik is active not to lose his high post and salary"

"Personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzei Kaspshik preferred observing during his activity. Between nearly 150 and 200 servicemen and civilians were killed on the front before but Kaspshik has never reported anything about that."
22 August 2006 [14:39]

Ali Hasanov: "International Organizations and foreign states make investment only for their benefits"

"International organizations and foreign states make investment in Azerbaijan only for their benefits."
22 August 2006 [13:53]

European Court to consider complaints on Azerbaijani parliamentary elections

The European Court of Human Rights will review 13 more complaints with regard to the November 6, 2005 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.
22 August 2006 [13:08]

Ukrainian Embassy confirms President Yuschenko's visit

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko is expected to pay an official visit to Azerbaijan on September 7-8.
22 August 2006 [13:03]

Festival in support of opening Turkey-Armenia border to be held in Kars

The representatives of the South Caucasus states organize a traditional festival in Kars, Turkey on September 13-15.
22 August 2006 [11:45]

Armenians fire on Azerbaijani positions

Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in Agdam front again.
22 August 2006 [10:03]

Will Armenia move towards the West?

The Russian media has been speculating on a possible Armenian drift away from Moscow.
22 August 2006 [10:01]

Institute for War & Peace Reporting: "Caspian military exercise highlights region's weakness"

A counter-terrorism exercise soon to begin on the shores of the Caspian is a sign of growing militarisation in the region, stemming from the increasing polarisation of interests surrounding the oil-rich sea, say observers.
22 August 2006 [00:20]

Iran's leader vows to continue nuclear program, denies U.N. inspectors access to site

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Monady that Iran would continue to 'forcefully' pursue its nuclear program.
22 August 2006 [00:15]

Russian arms said to have deterred Israel

Russian arms appear to have played a crucial role in the strong resistance Hezbollah put up to the Israeli military in Lebanon.
21 August 2006 [22:57]

Armenians call Ambassador Richard Hoagland "homosexual"

The Armenian Aryan Order has expressed its protest against attempts to appoint Richard Hoagland new US Ambassador to Armenia. The Order has issued a statement concerning the issue.
21 August 2006 [22:10]

Azerbaijani President receives US Senator Richard Lugar

President Ilham Aliyev today received the delegation led by Richard Lugar, chairman of US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
21 August 2006 [21:56]

Viktor Yushchenko confers first degree order on Azerbaijani FM

President Viktor Yushchenko issued an executive order on conferring first degree order "For Contributions" on Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bejuashvili, Polish Senate Marshall Bogdan Borusevich.
21 August 2006 [21:35]

Andrzej Kasprzyk: "I saw no one commit arson so I have no fact on the source of fire"

"The cause for spread of fire to large area in contact line of troops is hot weather," Andrzej Kasprzyk, personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office told Arminfo agency.
21 August 2006 [21:17]

King Abdullah II of Jordan to visit Azerbaijan

King Abdullah II of Jordan is arriving in Azerbaijan tomorrow.
21 August 2006 [16:22]

Nazih Gassoub: "Azerbaijanis evacuated from Lebanon have not applied for returning"

"Despite the ceasefire, Israel bombed the areas near Syria. This causes a serious concern in Lebanon," honorary Consul in Lebanon Nazih Gassoub told.
21 August 2006 [15:45]

U.N. High Commissioner on Refugees: "Azerbaijan got me wrong"

U.N. High Commissioner on Refugees Antonio Guteres denied in a press conference today that he had said that Armenia slows down in its efforts to grant citizenship to its refugees.
21 August 2006 [14:48]

Vardan Oskanyan: "Nagorno Karabakh is ready to cooperate with international organizations"

"I think the authorities of Nagorno Karabakh are prepared to cooperate with international organizations and Azerbaijan as well to put out the fires in the regions along the border," Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Osknayan stated.
21 August 2006 [13:38]

Andrzej Kasprzyk meets "NKR" representative

Personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk met with Georgi Petrosyan, "foreign minister" of the alleged "Nagorno Karabakh Republic".
21 August 2006 [11:41]

Armenians fire on Azerbaijani Army positions

Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire again.
21 August 2006 [11:37]

Armenians set fire to forest belts on occupied Azerbaijani region

Armenian Armed Forces began to set fire to forest belts on the occupied mountain ranges of the Azerbaijani region of Agdam from yesterday evening.
21 August 2006 [10:39]

British Ambassador warned of Azerbaijan oil pipeline risk

A British ambassador to Azerbaijan warned that emergency services would not cope if terrorists blew up a strategically important oil pipeline heavily supported by the UK government, a Whitehall document shows.
21 August 2006 [08:16]

Vilayat Guliyev: "Ambassadors and envoys admit we are unfairly treated"

"Despite achievements Azerbaijan gained in diplomacy, work with Diasporas is not satisfactory and active enough," Azerbaijani Ambassador to Poland Vilayat Guliyev stated.
20 August 2006 [19:25]

Iran says it won't cease enriching uranium, tests 10 missiles as war exercise starts

Iran test-fired 10 surface to-surface short-range missiles Sunday while in an unrelated incident a military training plane crashed outside the capital after catching fire, a state-run television station reported.
20 August 2006 [19:10]

Mark Katz: Azerbaijan's Geopolitics

The geopolitics of Azerbaijan are complex. And they could become even more so.
20 August 2006 [01:52]

US State Department declined Armenians' request

The US State Department has rejected the letter of the Armenian lobby sent to President Georges Bush with the purpose to prevent participation of Turkish soldier in peace-making forces of the United Nations in Lebanon.
19 August 2006 [16:57]

Ramil Usubov: "We want to be a friend with media"

Today Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan Ramil Usubov met with management of mass media.
19 August 2006 [16:12]

American senator Richard Lugar to visit Azerbaijan

Chair Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Richard Lugar, will visit Azerbaijan tomorrow, the US Embassy Public Affairs officer Jonathan Henick informs.
19 August 2006 [16:03]

Zamina Dunyamaliyeva: "Rasul Guliyev knows prospects of ADP are equal to zero"

"Rasul Guliyev stated that he is going to establish an International Democratic Movement and the opening meeting will take place in September," ADP functionary Zamina Dunyamaliyeva told.
19 August 2006 [09:31]

Ilham Aliyev congratulates Afghanistan President on Independence Day

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan sent message of congratulation to his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on the national holiday of his country - the Independence Day.
18 August 2006 [23:51]

Iran cleric hopes US learns from Lebanon conflict

An influential Iranian cleric said on Friday he hoped the United States would learn from the conflict in Lebanon and allow Iran's nuclear issue to be solved by negotiation rather than confrontation.
18 August 2006 [23:49]

Israel: Hezbollah used Russian missiles

Israeli officials said Friday that a senior delegation went to Moscow this week to complain that Russian-made anti-tank missiles were used by Hezbollah guerrillas in their 34-day conflict with Israeli forces in Lebanon.
18 August 2006 [23:47]

Israel: Not all nations welcome in U.N. force

Israel objects to including countries that do not have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state in a planned United Nations force for southern Lebanon, the country's ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday.
18 August 2006 [21:59]

Moldova to refrain from participating in GUAM military alliance for the time being

Moldova is going to refrain from participating in the discussions of the project to form a joint military unit - "Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM" - until it knows what exactly this unit will do, the press service of the Moldavian Defense Ministry said on August 18.
18 August 2006 [21:43]

Georgian Ambassador to Armenia says relations are 'perfect'

Svobodnaya Gruzia reports, in an interview with RIA Novosti Armenia news agency, that Ambassador of Georgia to Armenia Revaz Gachechiladze does not see any difficulties in bilateral interstate relations.
18 August 2006 [21:25]

RFE/RL: "Murder trial highlights corrupt law enforcement agencies"

The confession last month by Haci Mammadov, a former high-ranking Azerbaijani Interior Ministry official, that he ordered the murder last year of an opposition journalist on behalf of then-Economic Development Minister Farhad Aliyev has shocked Azerbaijan.
18 August 2006 [21:19]

Voice of America: "Arrest of Azerbaijani journalist"

Media freedoms continue to be of great concern in Azerbaijan. Over the last six months, the international community has noted several physical attacks on independent journalists - as well as the opening of criminal libel cases - some with serious due process problems against journalists who have written pieces critical of the government.
18 August 2006 [21:10]

Azeri Premier meets Georgian President

Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, who was in Batumi, Georgia, to attend the meeting of the Azerbaijan-Georgia intergovernmental economic commission, met August 18 in Tbilisi President Mikhail Saakashvili.
18 August 2006 [21:09]

Azeris forbidden to use satellite dishes in Iran

Iranian law enforcement bodies prohibited Azerbaijanis to use satellite dishes.
18 August 2006 [21:06]

President Aliyev issues decree on justice bodies development

President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on development of justice bodies.
18 August 2006 [21:03]

Azerbaijani President was asked to involve FBI agents in investigation of Elmar Huseynov murder

The Elmar Huseynov Fund held a roundtable related to criminal gang leader Haji Mammadov's resent testimony upon the trial.
18 August 2006 [16:07]

Adil Ismayilov: "Farhad Aliyev was inquired regarding Haji Mammadov"

"Farhad Aliyev was interrogated related to Haji Mammadov's case when he was minister - in June last year," Adil Ismayilov, lawyer for Farhad Aliyev stated.
18 August 2006 [15:01]

Elbrus Orujov: "Tbilisi meeting aimed to establish GUAM peacekeeping forces"

The representatives of GUAM Defense Ministers and Armed Forces Staff continue the closed meeting in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.
18 August 2006 [14:52]

Meeting to be held to delimitate Azerbaijan-Russian border in Khachmaz

Next meeting for delimitation of Azerbaijan-Russia border will be held in Khachmaz soon, the State Border Service chief Elchin Guliyev told journalists.
18 August 2006 [13:11]

Border Troops' chief of staff resigned

President Aliyev signed the resignation of Inayet Khalilov, first deputy chief of State Border Service, Border Troops' chief of staff, the State Border Service chairman, Lieutenant General Elchin Guliyev said.
18 August 2006 [12:55]

Knesset asks Azerbaijan to assist in releasing captured soldiers

The heads of nine Israeli political factions, representing almost the entire membership of the Israeli Knesset, appealed to Azerbaijani parliament speaker Ogtay Asadov and Azerbaijan-Israel Interparliamentary Friendship Group.
18 August 2006 [11:29]

Ceasefire regime violated

Armenian Army Forces violated the ceasefire in the contact front line again.
18 August 2006 [11:28]

Armenian Army Forces launch large-scale trainings on occupied territories

Armenian Army Forces begin large-scale military trainings in the Azerbaijani region of Agdam's occupied areas.