Politics

16 August 2006 [11:27]

Abbasali Hasanov: "Azerbaijanis mean a lot to Iran"

"Some forces attempt to connect the protest actions staged by Azerbaijanis living in Iran with Azerbaijan, in particular Baku. However, these are groundless attempts," Azerbaijani extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Iran told journalists.
16 August 2006 [11:25]

Talat Aliyev: "Viktor Yushchenko's visit to Azerbaijan has not been fully prepared"

The ambassador said the governmental crisis in Ukraine caused breaks in the intergovernmental commission's work.
16 August 2006 [09:48]

Araz Azimov: "We offered international organizations Armenia to draw back military posts and we solve ecological problems caused by fires"

"Personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzey Kasprzyk can officially notify his remarks on Azerbaijan's activity to the Foreign Ministry. His showing double standards regarding the fires committed by Armenians are not right," Azerbaijani Deputy FM Araz Azimov told journalists.
16 August 2006 [09:34]

Armenian arsons devastate 100 hectares of pastures

Armenians have been committing arsons in Aygatyor village of Shemseddin region situated in border with Azerbaijan since last night. The fires have caught pastures in Hajalli village of the Azerbaijani region of Tovuz.
16 August 2006 [09:16]

Araz Azimov against changing of OSCE Minsk Group format

"The reports saying that Azerbaijan supports the idea of OSCE Minsk Group chairmanship by rotation aim at instigation. All of the three states co-chairing the Minsk Group are quite powerful," Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told journalists.
15 August 2006 [23:04]

UN High Commissioner for Refugees starts trip to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today started a six-day visit to the southern Caucasus, an area that is host to over 1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees.
15 August 2006 [22:24]

Azerbaijani envoys to discus economic issues and human rights

"The Foreign Ministry has a big action plan. This contains the duties of the Ministry as well as duties of different diplomatic representations and consulates," Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadigov told journalists.
15 August 2006 [21:10]

Iran's President visits Azeri populated Ardebil province

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Ardebil province Tuesday that the Iranian freedom-seeking nation will never be bullied.
15 August 2006 [16:41]

Araz Azimov: "New proposals for settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict are expected in September"

There is not a concrete proposal whether or not Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers will meet, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told journalists.
15 August 2006 [15:46]

Araz Azimov: "Armenians are sure to withdraw from Kalbajar and Lachin regions"

"Armenians are sure to withdraw from the occupied Azerbaijani regions of Kalbajar and Lachin. This does not depends on their intention," Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told journalists.
15 August 2006 [15:35]

Polish FM to visit Azerbaijan

The date of Polish President's visit to Azerbaijan has not yet been specified, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Poland Vilayet Guliyev told journalists.
15 August 2006 [14:02]

Azerbaijani-Georgian intergovernmental commission to meet tomorrow

Tomorrow Azerbaijani- Georgian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation will meet in Batumi, Georgia.
15 August 2006 [13:50]

Yashar Aliyev to be appointed Ambassador to US

Head of Azerbaijan's permanent representative office in UN Yashar Aliyev will be appointed Ambassador to the United States.
14 August 2006 [21:00]

Iranian President launches weblog

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has joined a burgeoning international community - by starting his own weblog.
14 August 2006 [20:26]

President Aliyev: "Reducing possible risks in Azerbaijan is one of the main duties of our foreign policy"

"Azerbaijan's positions have been sharply strengthened in the region and in the world in the past two years.
14 August 2006 [20:21]

Agshin Mehdiyev: "OSCE document on illegal transfer of Armenians to occupied Azerbaijani lands has serious misunderstandings"

"It is expedient to propose sending of a monitoring group to the occupied Azerbaijani territories during the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) autumn session and it would be successful," head of Azerbaijan's permanent representative office at the Council of Europe Agshin Mehdiyev told journalists.
14 August 2006 [19:52]

Eurasia Daily Monitor: "Azerbaijanis take sides in Israeli-Lebanese war"

The ongoing military operations between Israel and Lebanon have sparked popular protests and heated debates in Azerbaijan
14 August 2006 [19:44]

Azeri FM to visit Uzbekistan

Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will visit Uzbekistan in October this year.
14 August 2006 [19:43]

British MPs to visit Azerbaijan

"Great Britain recognizes territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. As concerns some anti-Azerbaijan opinions voiced in British parliament, these represent positions of different individuals," Azerbaijani ambassador to Great Britain Rafael Ibrahimov told journalists.
14 August 2006 [19:37]

UN High Commissioner for Refugees to visit Azerbaijan

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres is arriving in Azerbaijan tonight.
14 August 2006 [19:35]

Hafiz Pashayev: "Opening of new embassies increased the need for diplomats"

"We intend to implement serious measures for the Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy to meet modern standards," Hafiz Pashayev, who has been appointed president of the Diplomatic Academy under President Ilham Aliyev's executive order, told journalists.
14 August 2006 [19:29]

Namig Abbasov: "We sent information on Haji Mammadov to relevant Ministries in 1999"

"All the truths will be revealed in the trial. I heard the person called Haji Mammadov only when he was arrested,”"said Azerbaijani former national security minister, ambassador to Uzbekistan Namig Abbasov.
14 August 2006 [17:02]

Ramzan Kadirov: "Chechen brigade general hided in Baku gave himself up"

"Chechen brigade general lived in Baku contacted with my assistant and gave himself up," Chechen Republic Prime Minister Ramzan Kadirov told journalists.
14 August 2006 [16:42]

Tamerlan Garayev: "List of Indian companies acting in occupied Azerbaijani lands submitted to the Foreign Ministry"

The list of Indian companies functioning in the Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani territories has been submitted to the Foreign Ministry, Azerbaijani extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to India Tamerlan Garayev stated.
14 August 2006 [16:30]

Armenian Armed Forces fire on Azerbaijani Army positions

Armenian Armed Forces continue to violate the ceasefire. At the night of August 13 to 14, Armenian armed positions fired on Jerabert village of Terter region from 22:05 till 23:00.
14 August 2006 [16:03]

Azerbaijani Ambassador to US recalled

President Ilham Aliyev signed an executive order to recall Hafiz Pashayev from the posts of ambassador to the United States and Mexico as well as the post of permanent observer at the Organization of American States.
14 August 2006 [15:40]

Azeri envoys meet in Baku

Azerbaijani ambassadors and consuls to foreign states are meeting at the Foreign Ministry venue. President Aliyev attended the meeting.
14 August 2006 [15:25]

Azerbaijan presents draft to UN on Armenian arsons in occupied territories

Foreign Ministry will take actions jointly with international organizations related to arsons committed in the occupied Azerbaijani regions by Armenians.
13 August 2006 [02:18]

President Aliyev congratulates Fidel Castro

President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Fidel Castro, Chairman of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of the Republic on his 80th jubilee.
13 August 2006 [02:11]

Viktor Yushchenko to visit Azerbaijan

Ukrainian first deputy Prime Minister & Finance Minister Mykola Azarov met with Azerbaijani ambassador to Ukraine Talat Aliyev.
12 August 2006 [15:08]

NATO PA President makes remark to Armenian Parliament speaker

NATO Parliamentary Assembly president Pierre Lellouche has written to Armenian Parliament speaker Tigran Torosyan calling him and his country to treat official representatives correctly.
12 August 2006 [15:02]

Azerbaijan backs UN Human Rights Council resolution condemning Israeli attacks on Lebanon

The United Nations Human Rights Council held an emergency session in Geneva on Friday.
12 August 2006 [15:01]

Azeri envoys to meet in Baku

Azerbaijani ambassadors, consuls and other members of diplomatic corps will meet at the Foreign Ministry on August 14 this year.
12 August 2006 [14:55]

Soldier killed in mine explosion

Azerbaijani Army soldier Mahir Mirzali Akhundov was killed in mine explosion in Gazakh region on 10 August.
12 August 2006 [11:20]

Convention on Caspian marine environment comes into force

The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea that has come into force on August 12 will enable the Caspian states to make joint efforts for the protection of a unique ecological system of the inland sea on the basis of a clear-cut normative document, taking into account the interests of all the people.
12 August 2006 [10:14]

Azerbaijan Intellectual Movement denounces Israeli military aggression against Lebanon

The Azerbaijan Intellectual Movement (AIM) issued statement against Israeli military aggression on Lebanon, the AIM office informs.
12 August 2006 [10:09]

KLO plans conference with OIC ambassadors in Azerbaijan

The Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) appealed for holding conference with the presence of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) ambassadors in Azerbaijan, KLO leader Akif Naghi stated.
12 August 2006 [09:46]

CIS heads of state summit to take place in Minsk

The CIS heads of state summit will be held in Minsk in November 2006.
12 August 2006 [09:16]

Azerbaijani Armed Forces will fully meet NATO standards by 2008

Azerbaijani Armed Forces will fully meet NATO standards by 2008. The Defense Ministry press secretary, Colonel Ramiz Malikov states.
11 August 2006 [22:47]

Key powers agree deal to end Israel-Hizbollah war

Key U.N. Security Council members have agreed on a resolution to end Israel's month-old war with Hizbollah and a vote was possible later on Friday, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said.
11 August 2006 [22:26]

Novruz Mammadov: "We have never heard anything about Azerbaijan's territorial integrity from OSCE MG"

A senior aide to President Ilham Aliyev has warned that Azerbaijan could turn to the United Nations if French, Russian and American mediators continue to ignore its internationally recognized sovereignty over Nagorno Karabakh.
11 August 2006 [22:16]

Israeli and US flags burnt by protesters in Nardaran

On Friday some residents of Azerbaijan settlement of Nardaran staged a protest action denouncing Israeli military intervention in Lebanon.
11 August 2006 [22:14]

Azerbaijan Speaker calls for ceasefire in Lebanon

Azerbaijan Milli Majlis Speaker Oqtay Asadov in a telephone conversation with Iran's Ambassador to Baku Afshar Soleymani stressed on immediate ceasefire in Lebanon.
11 August 2006 [14:27]

No illegall Lebanese refugees in Azerbaijan

There is not any fact on Lebanese refugees illegally arriving in Azerbaijan due to Israeli attacks on the country.
11 August 2006 [14:25]

Ramil Usubov does not agree with Haji Mammadov's some testimonies

"I hope the court will arrive at a fear decision on Haji Mammadov and his criminal gang," Azerbaijani Interior Minister Ramil Usubov told journalists.
11 August 2006 [14:22]

Armenian Academy of Science carries out archeological excavations on occupied territories

Armenia's National Academy of Science Archeology Institute announced the results of the archeological excavations carried out in occupied Azerbaijani region of Agdam.
11 August 2006 [14:05]

Armenian arsons catch Azerbaijani lands

Armenian occupying forces have begun to commit large-scale arsons in Noyemberyan region that border with the Azerbaijani region of Gazakh since Wednesday afternoon.
11 August 2006 [14:00]

President Aliyev ends visit to Lenkeran

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev today visited southern region of Lenkeran. The head of state first laid a wreath on the monument of the then President Heydar Aliyev in the park named after him.
11 August 2006 [13:23]

Armenian Armed Forces fire on Azerbaijani Army positions

Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire again.
11 August 2006 [09:15]

Interparliamentary friendship groups to form Turk States Parliamentary Assembly

Turk states' Interparliamentary friendship groups will meet to form Turk States Parliamentary Assembly, Nizami Cafarov, head of Azerbaijani parliament standing commission for culture, stated.
11 August 2006 [00:07]

Iran accuses US, European countries of bullying and will continue nuclear work "to the maximum scope"

The United States and Europe do not want a dialogue with Iran on its access to peaceful nuclear technology and were using bullying tactics in their atomic row with Tehran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview published Thursday in India's Hindu newspaper.
10 August 2006 [23:58]

US envoy back in Israel as new offensive looms

With an expanded Israeli ground offensive into Lebanon on hold for now, a U.S. envoy returned to Jerusalem on Thursday for what diplomats described as a last-ditch push for a deal on a U.N. resolution.
10 August 2006 [23:49]

Anti-Israeli rally in Nardaran

Around 70 residents of Nardaran, Azerbaijan held a pro-Hezbollah rally.
10 August 2006 [23:38]

Baku conference to discuss problems of Iranian Azeris

An Azerbaijani opposition leader announced on Thursday an initiative to call an international conference in Baku on September 12 to discuss the problems faced by the large community of ethnic Azerbaijanis in Iran.
10 August 2006 [23:36]

Azerbaijan, Iran willing to promote relations

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister and special envoy for Caspian Sea affairs, Mehdi Safari, on Thursday conferred with Azeri Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov on issues of mutual interest.
10 August 2006 [21:52]

Azerbaijan has to answer WTO questions

Today roundtable on the results of work done for Azerbaijan's being admitted to the World Trade Organization.
10 August 2006 [21:41]

Georgia to restart military operations in Kodori

Georgian power structures' heads held a meeting on the situation in conflict zones.
10 August 2006 [15:54]

Haji Mammadov: "I will tell Sabir Babayev and Ismayil Kazimov who ordered kidnapping of their sons"

Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the criminal gang led by Haji Mammadov, former official of Crime Investigation Department of Interior Ministry.
10 August 2006 [15:18]

Ilham Aliyev receives Iranian President's special representative for Caspian issues

President Ilham Aliyev today received the delegation led by Iranian President's special representative for the Caspian issues, deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari.
10 August 2006 [13:54]

Issue on Azerbaijan's entrance to WTO discussed in Baku

Mahmud Mammadguliyev, the Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister, stated to a meeting dedicated to Azerbaijan's entrance to the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the State Commission on Azerbaijan's entrance to the WTO is to submit answers to questions put by the WTO member-states to the secretariat of this organization.
10 August 2006 [13:28]

Matthew Bryza: "Energy cooperation in the Caspian region is impossible without Russia"

The United States welcomes Russian investments in Central Asia and China, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza told reporters on Wednesday, Aug. 9.
09 August 2006 [19:41]

Aram Sarkisian: "Any document signed by Kocharian on the Karabakh will be illegitimate"

"If security strip around Nagorno Karabakh is given to Azerbaijan, we will get the people to rebel," said Armenian Democratic Party leader & former aid to President Aram Sarkisian.
09 August 2006 [19:10]

Amnesty International: "Freedom of expression under attack in Azerbaijan"

Amnesty International is concerned at the sharp deterioration in freedom of expression in Azerbaijan, and in particular the killing, beating and intimidation of journalists.
09 August 2006 [18:55]

Reporters Without Borders took note of a claim by the prosecutor general

Prosecutor says evidence links imprisoned former minister to journalist's murder.
09 August 2006 [18:52]

Farhad Aliyev: "I do not accept general public prosecutor's statement"

Azerbaijan's former economic development minister Farhad Aliyev was checked up in the medical station of National Security Ministry this morning.
09 August 2006 [18:50]

Turkey and Azerbaijan sign cooperation protocols

Turkish government signed a protocol on cooperation in managing emergency situations with Azerbaijan's Emergencies Ministry and protocol on cooperation in youth and sports spheres with Youth and Sports Ministry.
09 August 2006 [18:43]

Azeri embassy to be opened in Sweden

Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov ended his official visit in Sweden.
09 August 2006 [16:39]

Islamists attempt to stage protest outside Israeli embassy

Some members of the Azerbaijan Islamic Party attempted to place picket outside Israeli embassy demanding to end Israeli military attacks on Lebanon and Palestine.
09 August 2006 [16:31]

Defense Minister meets new Russian Ambassador

Defense Minister Colonel-General Safar Abiyev met August 8 with the newly appointed Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Azerbaijan Vasiliy Istratov.
09 August 2006 [13:47]

Armenians violate ceasefire in Agdam

Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the direction of the Azerbaijani region of Agdam.
09 August 2006 [13:30]

Novella Jafaroglu: "Amnesty may be granted in Azerbaijan by the end of the year"

Parliament is working on draft law on amnesty.
09 August 2006 [10:49]

YAP to not punish party members for going to local elections individually

The ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) will not punish its members, who individually run for the repeat local elections.
08 August 2006 [17:02]

President decrees to dismiss several executive power heads

President Ilham Aliyev issued executive orders on dismissal of heads of executive power of several regions.
08 August 2006 [16:52]

Russia to continue military cooperation with Azerbaijan

Defense Minister, General Colonel Safar Abiyev today received Russian extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov.
08 August 2006 [16:10]

Police disperse anti-Israel protest in Azerbaijan

Police of Azerbaijan forced a crowd of about a hundred to leave an area near the Israeli mission in Baku where they had planned to hold a picket in support of Lebanon.