Politics
18 June 2006 [23:00]
President Aliyev met with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres during the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA).
18 June 2006 [22:47]
A bomb explosion on a railway track in eastern Turkey destroyed eight carriages of a cargo train on Sunday.
18 June 2006 [22:39]
The intensification of contacts with the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is a strategic priority in Russian foreign policy, Russian Foreign Ministry Special Ambassador Veniamin Popov has said.
18 June 2006 [22:12]
The Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)--which is currently negotiating peace with Manila, has sent a small delegation to the June 19-21 ministerial conference of the influential Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Baku, Azerbaijan, the group's spokesman said Sunday.
18 June 2006 [22:07]
Iran rejects any preconditions in the talks on its nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Sunday.
18 June 2006 [22:05]
Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Khatib headed for Baku to participate in the 33rd session of Islamic conference for foreign ministers whose deliberation is expected to start on Monday in Azerbaijan.
18 June 2006 [18:46]
OIC session to address broad agenda.
18 June 2006 [17:35]
The rector of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Prof Datuk Dr Syed Arabi Idid is attenting the 33rd session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) in Baku, Azerbaijan from Sunday till this Thursday.
18 June 2006 [17:32]
Moderate Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will not attend the meeting of the foreign ministers of Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Baku, the capital of former soviet republic of Azerbaijan on June 19-21.
18 June 2006 [17:30]
Malaysian Foreign Minister, Sayed Hamid Al Bar, will head his country's delegation at the 33 ministerial meeting of Organisation of Islamic Conferences (OIC) being held in Azerbaijan from 19 to 21 of this current month.
18 June 2006 [17:29]
Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza left Friday night for Moscow, Russia enroute to Baku, Azerbaijan to attend the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) ministerial meeting set next week in the western portion of the oil-rich Caspian region.
18 June 2006 [17:27]
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri left Islamabad for Baku on Saturday as head of the Pakistani delegation to the 33rd session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers to be held in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan on June 19-21.
18 June 2006 [17:26]
A series of bomb attacks in Thailand's Muslim south were launched by militants to coincide with a meeting of Islamic leaders in Central Asia next week, a top Thai security official said on Saturday.
18 June 2006 [17:22]
Leaders from member countries of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA called for strengthened cooperation against non-traditional threats and terrorism.
18 June 2006 [17:18]
Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku railway to be constructed despite of Armenia's protest.
18 June 2006 [14:43]
The delegation led by General Norton Schwartz, USAF commander, US Transportation Command is visiting Azerbaijan. The delegation was received by Defense Minister Safar Abiyev.
18 June 2006 [14:09]
"Azerbaijan is working on strengthening of railway system between Europe and Asia," Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in his address at 2nd summit of Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia in Kazakhstan.
17 June 2006 [12:26]
Police in Azerbaijan broke up a demonstration of some 30 people near the Iranian embassy in Baku staged to protest the treatment of Iranian ethnic Azeris in the Islamic republic's northern provinces.
17 June 2006 [12:18]
A senior Iranian diplomat signaled that the five Caspian Sea nations were close to resolving the long-standing dispute over dividing the energy-rich sea.
17 June 2006 [09:09]
The Democratic Reforms Party leader Asim Mollazadeh met with US Embassy political affairs officer Rebecca Naslund, Bulgarian Parliament deputy head Piotr Beron and head of committee for foreign affairs, OSCE former chairman Solomon Passi.
17 June 2006 [09:03]
Foreign Minister of Turkey, Abdulla Gul will visit Azerbaijan after participating in 2nd summit for Mutual Activity and Confidence Measures in Asia which will be held in Almaty.
17 June 2006 [08:44]
Representatives of Azerbaijan's and Armenia's State Commissions for prisoners of war, hostages and missing persons will meet in September this year.
17 June 2006 [08:14]
Yesterday the Court on Affairs of Hard Crimes court process of 4 militaries of #N in Fuzuli, convicted with the articles of Criminal Code 274 (treason), and 338.1 (violating military shift rules), has completed.
17 June 2006 [08:05]
Pata Zakharashvili, co-chair of the International Working Group to Search for the Missing, Hostages and Prisoners of War will visit Armenia to investigate the issue on Azerbaijanis missing during the military operations in Nagorno Karabakh.
17 June 2006 [02:24]
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or SCO, celebrated the 10th anniversary of its establishment with a meeting that decided on improvements in energy as well as anti-terrorism provisions.
17 June 2006 [02:21]
Turkey declared on Friday it was prepared to abandon EU membership negotiations rather than open its ports and airports to Cyprus.
17 June 2006 [02:17]
U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman on Friday called "encouraging" the initial positive comments from Iran's president on a set of incentives and penalties to convince Tehran to abandon its nuclear program.
17 June 2006 [02:15]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has previously called for Israel to be "wiped off the map", said in Shanghai on Friday there needed to be an independent investigation into the Holocaust.
17 June 2006 [02:12]
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, said on Friday that the six-nation incentive package designed to encourage Iran to end its uranium enrichment programme was "a step forward". But he gave no indication that Tehran was ready to meet the condition for dialogue and suspend uranium enrichment.
17 June 2006 [01:58]
Following the recent uprisings in the northern provinces and demonstrations across the country, which the Iranian secret services has attributed protests to "foreign elements", Tehran decided to "strike back".
17 June 2006 [01:57]
The Council of Europe Venice Commission was surprised by Ali Ahmadov's statement saying there is no need to make changes to the composition of election commissions in Azerbaijan.
17 June 2006 [01:55]
Omani Foreign Ministry Undersecretary, Badr bin Hamad bin Mahmoud Al Bousaeedi, left Muscat on Friday heading to Azerbaijan to head his country's delegation to the 33rd Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member states, to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 19-21 of the current month.
16 June 2006 [22:34]
Russia's president discussed efforts to resolve the long-running conflict over Nagorno Karabakh with his Azerbaijani counterpart and will soon hold talks about it with Armenia's president, the Russia's foreign minister said Friday.
16 June 2006 [22:26]
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent message of congratulation to the President of the Republic of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson on the country's national holiday - Day of Independence.
16 June 2006 [22:15]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev decreed on awarding a group of health care employees with Tereggi (Progress) Order.
16 June 2006 [16:18]
Emergencies Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov paid working visit to France from June 12 till 14.
16 June 2006 [15:12]
Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) secretariat has not received any complaint from Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) related to PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan, Andreas Gross.
16 June 2006 [14:56]
16 June 2006 [14:54]
The Russian military base in Akhalkalaki played the role of a peacekeeper between Georgians and Armenians during the presidency of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Sergey Sargsyan, an expert of Spectrum, the Center for Strategic Analysis stated in Yerevan.
16 June 2006 [14:41]
The composition of the Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has been fully formed.
16 June 2006 [14:24]
The Armenian-Georgian relations tend to worsen, Sergey Sargsyan, an expert of Spectrum, the Center for Strategic Analysis stated in Yerevan.
16 June 2006 [14:18]
The implementation of Resolution 1480 on challenge of Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation's credentials is on the agenda of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Summer Session scheduled for June 26-30.
16 June 2006 [14:05]
Radical Wahhabite groupings in Dagestan have decided to punish Kizilyurt resident Abdul Umarov, who contributed to APA's Dagestan bureau and the bureau correspondents.
16 June 2006 [13:53]
Official state organs of Armenia and non-governmental organizations raise questions on existence of Armenian captives in Azerbaijan. In those information it is stated that as if those people are used as worker in heavy metallurgy and chemistry industry.
16 June 2006 [12:53]
Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, has arrived in Almaty to participate in a summit of the Conference for Interaction and Confidence in Asia.
16 June 2006 [12:48]
The meeting of experts of Islam Conference Organization member countries will be held in Baku on June 17.
16 June 2006 [11:54]
"Interior Ministry representations will first be established in neighboring countries with Azerbaijan," interior ministry Ramil Usubov told journalists.
16 June 2006 [11:51]
Regional security is going to be discussed at the II CICA summit.
15 June 2006 [16:04]
Iran has the right to develop nuclear energy programs if the international community's concerns are allayed, Russia's president said at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Thursday.
15 June 2006 [15:51]
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said on Thursday that Matthew J. Bryza, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, will co-chair the OSCE Minsk Group that mediates between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno Karabakh.
15 June 2006 [13:45]
Regnum's interview with Director of the Peace, Democracy and Culture Research Analytical Center Rauf Rajabov.
15 June 2006 [13:39]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur on migration, refugees and population has called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to cooperate on prisoners of war, hostages and missing persons.
15 June 2006 [02:04]
EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana said today he held phone talks with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani.
15 June 2006 [01:58]
The EU special representative for the South Caucasus, Peter Semneby, told on Wednesday that European Neighborhood Policy Action Plans with Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan will be signed "in a couple of months' time."
15 June 2006 [01:32]
Azerbaijani Aliyev signed order on appointing Sabir Aghabeyov Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Morocco.
15 June 2006 [01:21]
"We do not wish any international organizations and foreign forces to be initiator of the dialogue within Azerbaijan.
15 June 2006 [00:50]
Azerbaijani human rights defenders met with the delegation of the Ago Group from the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers led by Roland Wegener in Baku today. Rights defenders Mirvari Gahramanli, Eldar Zeynalov, Saida Gojamanli, Fuad Hasanov and Arif Yunus discussed the current social-political situation in the country as well as political prisoner issue with the Ago Group.
14 June 2006 [20:46]
Iran's judiciary has lifted a ban on a state-run newspaper, which sparked violent protests last month by publishing a cartoon considered insulting by Iran's Azeri minority, a judiciary official said on Wednesday.
14 June 2006 [20:41]
The alleged deportation from Azerbaijan of an ethnic Azeri Iranian dissident leader was an "unforgiveable betrayal" by the government, the dissident's supporters charged.
14 June 2006 [19:14]
At least 10 mines exploded in the neutral zone as a result of Armenians setting fire to the occupied Shurabad, Namirli and Chiragli villages of Aghdam region of Azerbaijan.
14 June 2006 [19:06]
Azerbaijan's State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (SCRIDP) will appeal to the relevant instances on the basis of materials on Armenians setting fire to villages in Azerbaijan's region of Aghdam.
14 June 2006 [17:04]
"The withdrawal of the Russian military base from Akhalkalak has a psychological motive for the Armenians of the region," Shirak Torosyan, head of "Javakhk" Public Association.
14 June 2006 [14:50]
Georgian and Russian Presidents, Mikhail Saakashvili and Vladimir Putin had a one-one meeting in the Konstantinov Palace, St.Petersburg, Russia.
14 June 2006 [14:35]
Today Iran Journalists Unity (IJU) held a press conference dedicated to humiliation of Azerbaijanis in the country press. Editor of "Leaf" newspaper, Seid Muganli stated.
14 June 2006 [14:19]
June 13 Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanian held the next round of talks on regulation of Nagorno Karabakh, within "Prague process".
14 June 2006 [14:07]
Azerbaijani members of the Iranian parliament appealed to the government for not preventing Azerbaijanis' march to the Babek castle.
14 June 2006 [13:43]
Steven Man will continue to co-chair the OSCE Minsk Group for certain time.
14 June 2006 [13:19]
"My cousin is not journalist but my aunt's grandchild and he has not been imprisoned," the Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran to Azerbaijan, Afhshar Suleimani.
14 June 2006 [12:44]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will pay a visit to Kazakhstan on June 16 to attend the second summit of the member states of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA).
14 June 2006 [09:44]
The Ago Monitoring Group from the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers met with pro-opposition party leaders in Azerbaijan.
14 June 2006 [09:40]
The Azerbaijan-Poland intergovernmental commission will hold its first meeting in Warsaw in September, Polish Sejm member Karol Karski told Azerbaijani journalists.
14 June 2006 [09:35]
Polish Parliament's European Affairs Commission head Karol Karski and parliamentarian Malgojata Sadurskaya held press conference on their visit to Azerbaijan.
14 June 2006 [09:23]
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed order on appointing of Interior Ministry representatives to foreign states and international organizations.
14 June 2006 [08:28]
"If Turkey wants to enter the European Union, it should declare its seaports and airports open to Cyprus," said Daniel Fried, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.
14 June 2006 [08:23]
"Mahmudali Chohraganli visited Baku on his own will and left Baku for the statement he sounded. There is a need to make precise the information said related to him," Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) executive secretary Ali Ahmadov stated.
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