Politics
21 April 2006 [08:15]
"The reports on Iran's having military cooperation with Armenia are absolutely false. Iran has never had military cooperation with Armenian and won't have in future," Iran's Defense Minister Mustafa Mohammed Najjar stated while visiting Azerbaijan.
20 April 2006 [22:44]
Phone conversation between Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev and the Ukrainian President, Viktor Yushchenko was held April 20.
20 April 2006 [22:14]
President Ilham Aliyev accepted delegation lead by the Minister of Defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mustafa Mohammed Najar.
20 April 2006 [18:18]
Nagorno Karabakh issue may be discussed at summer session of PACE, said MP Eldar Ibrahimov, member of Azeri delegation to PACE.
20 April 2006 [17:59]
Foreign Ministry's reaction on Mr Oskanian's statements.
20 April 2006 [17:51]
The Democratic Reforms party (DRP) chairman, Asim Mollahzadeh met the program director of the International Republican Institute, Dallas Frohrib on April 20.
20 April 2006 [15:29]
Vardan Oskanyan, Armenian Foreign Minister, said in Yerevan today: "If Azerbaijan recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh people's right for independent identification of their future status, Armenia is ready to make serious conversations on resolution of war consequences."
20 April 2006 [13:36]
The Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al Feysal will pay visit to Azerbaijan in June 2006, the Saudi Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Ali Hassan Jaffar, informs.
20 April 2006 [13:02]
The prospect of the United States using force to halt Iran's nuclear programme is empty talk, Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said on Thursday.
20 April 2006 [12:28]
Kasimjomart Tokayev, Kazakh Foreign Minister, received Ambassador of Republic of Poland Vladislav Sokolovski, Ambassador of Azerbaijan Republic Latif Gandilov and Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran Ramin Mehmanparast Nodehi upon their reques.
20 April 2006 [12:22]
There does not exist any problem between Iran and Azerbaijan, excluding some technical gaps which will be removed as far possible, the Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Afshar Suleymani, told 20 April.
20 April 2006 [12:15]
Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov met with Al-Hasan ben Talal, Prince of Jordan Khashimit Kingdom.
20 April 2006 [12:06]
Namig Aliyev, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Azerbaijan Republic to Georgia, handed copies of his credentials to Gela Bezhuashviil, Georgian Foreign Minister.
20 April 2006 [11:55]
President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev received on 19 April His Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
20 April 2006 [09:30]
Uzbekistan's Lower House- Supreme Assembly speaker Erkin Khalilov will arrive in Baku to attend the Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) scheduled for 5 May.
20 April 2006 [09:28]
"Any improvement is possible if there is a strong will," Azerbaijani deputy foreign minister Araz Azimov told journalists.
20 April 2006 [09:16]
Truth on Haji Mammadov's crimes won't be revealed unless artificial obstacles to revelation are removed.
20 April 2006 [08:40]
"I don't believe Hungarian Court of Appeal will commute the life sentence on Azerbaijani army officer Ramil Safarov. This court will never meet the appeal for commuting the punishment," said lawyer Nazeli Vardanian, who represents the family of murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Markarian.
20 April 2006 [08:25]
Armenian armed forces violated the cease-fire in Aghdam frontline again.
20 April 2006 [08:15]
The Karabakh Liberation Organization appealed to Azerbaijan's parliament for marking May 8-day of occupation of Shusha as Day of Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan.
20 April 2006 [08:00]
Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, has signed the order on approval of regulations and structure of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and limitation of its staff number.
19 April 2006 [23:12]
The Azerbaijani Defense Minister, general colonel, Safar Abiyev met with the Defense Minister of the Islamic republic of Iran, Mustafa Mohammed Najjar, who has arrived with the official visit to Azerbaijan.
19 April 2006 [23:07]
The aim of the Iranian president, Makhmud Akhmadinejad's visit to Baku – is participation in the international event - the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit, the Head of Foreign Affairs department of the Presidential Office, Novruz Mammedov told journalists.
19 April 2006 [22:26]
Iranian nuclear program is quite peaceful and some states using it to complicate the situation will fail, reportedly said Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar, Iranian Minister of Defense upon his arrival in Baku on April 19.
19 April 2006 [16:26]
The Kazakh Depury FM, Heyrat Abdulrakhmanov arrives to Azerbaijan.
19 April 2006 [15:57]
Azerbaijan highly appreciates the G8's attention to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
19 April 2006 [13:57]
Azerbaijan and Turkey decided to implement joint anti-terrorism concept. Interior ministers from the two countries have discussed this matter at the meeting in Baku April 19.
19 April 2006 [13:10]
Azerbaijan has not officially received proposals from Washington on the resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno Karabakh, Araz Azimov, the Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister, informs.
19 April 2006 [12:38]
Next week, after years of waiting for an unequivocal nod of Western approval, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan will fly to Washington to be received at the White House, a visit his administration hopes will enhance his stature.
19 April 2006 [12:37]
Vardan Oskanyan, Foreign Minister of Armenia, reportedly said: "Today Americans are almost eager to build a new nuclear plant in Armenia."
19 April 2006 [10:24]
Deputy FM Khalaf Khalfov is on official visit to Georgia.
19 April 2006 [10:08]
Azadliq bloc has made decision on establishing a new TV channel.
19 April 2006 [09:39]
Azerbaijan National Independent Party (ANIP) Chairman Etibar Mammadov intends to cooperate with Rasul Guliyev; the sides have held talks with regard to this issue.
19 April 2006 [09:19]
Ministry of National Security (MNS) has spread announcement on members of "Jamaat-al-Muvahidun" criminal group who were convicted to long term imprisonment by the verdict of the Court on Grave Criminal Cases.
19 April 2006 [08:29]
Azerbaijani students studying in Romania held protest action related to the Budapest court unfair verdict on Azerbaijani army officer Ramil Safarov by jailing him to life in prison.
19 April 2006 [08:05]
The Council of Europe Venice Commission (VC) has not changed its stance regarding the election legislation in Azerbaijan and its final opinion is still in effect.
19 April 2006 [01:04]
Armenian Foreign Minister, Vardan Oskanyan told April 18 in Yerevan: "Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan have failed to reach the agreement in France, however, we don't think that the meeting itself was failure."
19 April 2006 [00:55]
President has signed decree appointing Samir Sharifov as Azerbaijani Finances Minister.
18 April 2006 [16:45]
PACE readers of supplementary reports for Azerbaijan are going to visit Baku following the reelections to Milli Medjlis (parliament) of the country, Estonian speaker Andres Herkel stated.
18 April 2006 [16:08]
The Islamic Republic of Iran Defense Minister, Mustafa Mokhameddi Hadja will arrive with 3-day visit to Baku April 19.
18 April 2006 [14:32]
A framework convention on the protection of the Caspian Sea came into force in Azerbaijan on Tuesday.
18 April 2006 [14:24]
An appeal has been submitted against the sentence issued on Ramil Safarov, lawyer Adil Ismaylov stated at the conference in the International press center.
18 April 2006 [13:55]
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan Latif Gandilov met with Deputy Foreign Minister of the country Kayrat Abdurahmanov.
18 April 2006 [12:41]
The 17th Knesset was sworn in yesterday in its maiden session. At precisely 4:00 P.M., President Moshe Katsav called the legislature to order with three blows of a gavel. He then invited MK Shimon Peres (Kadima) to conduct the session.
18 April 2006 [12:19]
Edward N. Luttwak, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., published his comments on Iran crisis in "Commentary" magazine.
18 April 2006 [11:51]
The ruling Justice & Development Party (AKP) deputy Mahmut Kocak and 14 deputies returned to Turkey on Sunday concluding their 2-day visit to Nakhichevan.
18 April 2006 [10:09]
"I have been to Azerbaijan for 25 times in the past five years. As coming to the reason why I refuse to observe the re-run of parliamentary elections is that I was dissatisfied with the results of the latest elections," Andreas Gross, co-rapporteur of Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), stated.
18 April 2006 [09:25]
Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev will pay a visit to Strasbourg, France, April 24.
18 April 2006 [09:22]
OSCE Minsk Group American co-chair Steven Mann will arrive in Baku on April 20.
18 April 2006 [09:14]
Defense Minister, Colonel-General Safar Abiyev received US Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish.
18 April 2006 [08:18]
Deputy Chairman of Milly Majlis Bahar Muradova and MP Azay Guliyev have left for Brussels to participate in the conference "OSCE: Management of security and risk in Europe."
17 April 2006 [22:38]
Issues of cooperation between Vatican and Azerbaijan were discussed April 17 meeting of Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammedyarov and the Vatican ambassador to Azerbaijan, Claudio Gugerotti.
17 April 2006 [17:38]
Political coordination center of opposition (PCCO) has led a round table "Influence of new regional situation on Azerbaijan, expected changes in Karabakh problem" April 17.
17 April 2006 [17:32]
Consultations with the American OSCE Minsk group co-chairman, Steven Mann will be held in the Russian Foreign Ministry on April 19, OSCE co-chairman from Russia, Yuri Merzlyakov stated.
17 April 2006 [17:21]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is going to participate in the summit of Organization for Economic Cooperation (OEC) to be held in Baku in early May, IRI Embassy informs.
17 April 2006 [17:02]
Turkish Minister of Interior Abdulkadir Aksu is arriving April 19 in Baku with a three-day official visit. the visit starts April 19 from Honorary Burial alley and Martyrs' Alley, Trend reports with reference to press service of Turkish Embassy to Azerbaijan.
17 April 2006 [16:21]
Presidential elections, elections to the Council and the Control-Revision commission will take place at the National NGO forum meeting April 26, the forum Council chairman, Aydin Kerimov stated during his press-conference on the preparation to the NGO National forum.
17 April 2006 [15:35]
Members of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan Bahar Muradova and Azay Guliyev are leaving today for Brussels, Belgium, to attend the international conference on the theme OSCE: European Security and Risk Management.
17 April 2006 [15:29]
Commissioners for human rights from 12 member-states of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) - Azerbaijan, Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Armenia - will gather April 26-27 in Istanbul, Turkey to participate in the international conference The Role of Ombudsperson in Strengthening Democracy organized by the BSEC's Parliamentary Assembly.
17 April 2006 [15:11]
According to statement released by US Embassy to Azerbaijan, US President George Bush will nominate Anne Derse from Maryland to be the next US Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
17 April 2006 [14:13]
Educational and cultural issues discussed by the Head of Public Affairs department of the US Embassy, Jonathan Henik April 17-18 in the Nachcivan Autonomous Republic (NAR).
17 April 2006 [13:59]
The 55th meeting of the CIS border troop's commanders Council will be held on April 19, 2006 in Minsk, the CIS executive committee told.
17 April 2006 [08:41]
Separatist regime occupied Azerbaijani lands is holding military training for troops.
17 April 2006 [08:17]
Karabakh Liberation Organization chief Akif Naghi held press conference dedicated to life sentence to Azerbaijani Army senior lieutenant Ramil Safarov accused of murder of Armenian officer and mass actions protesting this fact in the country.
17 April 2006 [07:56]
The opposition Azadliq alliance issued a statement related to the imprisonment of Ramil Safarov for murdering Armenian army officer.
16 April 2006 [21:38]
"Our officers-leading force of the Azerbaijani Army is ready to fight war. However, we are training more professional officers for the Azerbaijani Armed Forces," Chief of Defense Ministry Training and Education Center (TEC), Major-General Lenkeran Aliyev stated.
15 April 2006 [16:35]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan is to address authorized institutions of the United States of America to limit activity of "Washington representation of Nagorno Karabakh" organization registered at US Departmnet of Justice, informed Tahir Taghizadeh, Head of Foreign Ministry press servise.
15 April 2006 [13:31]
After all that happened we should not leave Ramil Safarov's fate to the mercy of Hungarian courts, Akif Nagi, Head of Committee for protection of R.Safarov's rights, stated at the conference held April 15.
15 April 2006 [12:13]
The Armenian armed forces again breached the armistice April 15, Defense Ministry press-service informed.
15 April 2006 [10:40]
Spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) will be held in May.
15 April 2006 [10:37]
The documents that will be signed during Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's official visit to the United States are prepared.
15 April 2006 [09:22]
"Azerbaijani army officer Rami Safarov, who was jailed to life in prison for murdering Armenian army officer Gurgen Markarian in Hungary, can be handed over to Azerbaijan," the Deputy Chief of international legal cooperation department of the Justice Ministry Faig Gurbanov stated.
15 April 2006 [08:34]
Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia may meet in May. French co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier told journalists while visiting Armenia.
14 April 2006 [22:06]
"It is early to express an opinion on the new proposals made by OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs regarding the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict," said Novruz Mammadov, Head of Presidential Administration Department for International Relations.
14 April 2006 [21:46]
Political Council meeting of the party, headed by Ali Aliyev and split from the Azerbaijan National Independence party (NIP) took place April 14.
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