Politics

11 April 2006 [07:49]

OSCE Minsk Group co-chair visits Baku

French co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier arrived in Baku.
11 April 2006 [00:27]

New Yorker Magazine: "U.S. prepares to strike Iran"

Oil prices skyrocket after news of possible strike on Iran
10 April 2006 [21:29]

President Aliyev meets the President of Austrian Supreme Court of Justice

The Azerbaijani president, Ilham Aliyev accepted the President of Austrian Supreme Court of Justice, Dr. Johann Rzeszut on April 10.
10 April 2006 [21:17]

Igor Ivanovski: "Five PACE's representatives to visit Baku on April 25-26"

Five representatives from 5 different committees of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will visit Baku on April 25-26, regarding the re-run parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.
10 April 2006 [21:04]

Robert Simons: "NATO for a peaceful resolution of the NK conflict"

NATO supports a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the NATO general secretary's representative on South Caucasus and Central Asia, Robert Simons told journalists in Baku on April 10.
10 April 2006 [20:56]

President Bush to welcome President Aliyev of Azerbaijan to the White House

Statement by the White House Press Secretary.
10 April 2006 [16:32]

First Vice-Speaker meets Robert Simons

The first vice-speaker of Milli Mejlis, head of the Azerbaijani parliamentary assembly in NATO, Ziyafet Askerov met with representative of NATO, General Secretary on South Caucasus and Central Asia, Robert Simons.
10 April 2006 [16:18]

Rene van der Linden: "PACE keeps the focus on parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan"

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) keeps the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan in focus, the PACE President, Rene van der Linder told on April 10.
10 April 2006 [14:36]

PACE spring session starts in Strasbourg

EU – Council of Europe relations – will be the major point on the agenda of the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
10 April 2006 [14:29]

President Aliyev to tour Sheki, Zakatala

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will tour Sheki and Zakatala Districts, northeast region's of Azerbaijan.
10 April 2006 [13:02]

Azerbaijan, Russia continue study of materials on uncoordinated border sections

Azerbaijan and Russia will continue study of materials concerning the uncoordinated border sections.
10 April 2006 [11:14]

Jewish representatives to visit Baku

A delegation led by Lev Leviev, President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS, will arrive in Baku Monday.
10 April 2006 [08:20]

Elchin Bashirli: "We are looking forward to the CE's stance on Ruslan Bashirli's closed trial"

Ex-lawyers of accused Yeni Fikir Youth Movement chief - Elchin Gambarov and Osman Kazimov - have no competence to take any legal action.
10 April 2006 [08:11]

Armenians violate cease-fire in Gadabay and Gazakh

Armenian Armed Forces, from their positions located in Lagziyal Mountain in Armenian region of Krasnoselsk, fired on the opposite positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces located in Gadabay region from 15.00 till 15.10 April 7.
10 April 2006 [08:06]

Elmar Mammadyarov: "Official Baku will express opinion of US latest proposals on the conflict settlement"

Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov had talks with American co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Steven Mann and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried at the State Department the day before yesterday.
10 April 2006 [07:57]

Condoleezza Rice had phone talks with Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharian

The US Secretary of State met Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
08 April 2006 [18:23]

CE Human Rights Committee held

Human Rights Committee of the Council of Europe met in Strasbourg.
08 April 2006 [18:20]

YAP official: "Azerbaijan won't join anti-Iranian coalition"

"Azerbaijan will never join the anti-Iranian coalition," said the Political Union member of the Yeni Azerbaijan party, MP, Aydin Mirzazadeh.
08 April 2006 [10:36]

Sergey Lavrov: "Azerbaijan-Armenia discuss the last suggestions of OSCE MG Group co-chairs"

"Azerbaijan-Armenia discuss the last suggestions of OSCE MG Group co-chairs," this statement was made by Sergey Lavrov, Russian FM, after his meeting with Vardan Oskanian.
08 April 2006 [10:31]

Israeli Ambassador Arthur Lenk: "Israel recognizes Azerbaijan's territorial integrity"

Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk met with the students of Azerbaijani Nakhchivan State University (NSU) during his visit to Nakhchivan.
08 April 2006 [10:30]

Elmar Mammadyarov: "Azerbaijan builds new radar stations to improve border control"

Two radar stations being built in Azerbaijan with U.S. assistance will strengthen border control in Azerbaijan, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.
08 April 2006 [00:14]

PM meets with Polish Economy Minister

The Azerbaijani Prime Minister Arthur Rasizadeh has met with the delegation of the Polish Economy Ministry headed by Petr Vozjnyak.
08 April 2006 [00:04]

Heads of Hungarian mass media visited Azerbaijan

Heads of Hungarian mass media have met with the representatives of the State Committee on Work with Azerbaijanis Living Abroad.
07 April 2006 [14:25]

President receives Deputy Chief of European Comission's External Affairs

Perspectives of cooperation between Azerbaijan and European Comission were under discussion.
07 April 2006 [13:33]

Azeri-US negotiations underway in Washington

Elmar Mammadyarov, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, holds negotiations on the further perspectives of the bilateral relations in Washington.
07 April 2006 [10:43]

US Department of State: "Azerbaijan's human rights record remained poor"

US Department of State published "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2005 - 2006"
07 April 2006 [10:28]

Position of official Astana on Baku-Ceyhan pipeline will be defined more exactly

Positions of official Baku and Astana on Kazakhstan's joining Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline will be defined more exactly in the third decade of April.
07 April 2006 [09:07]

Phone talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia discovered

Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies had enough facts of phone talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
07 April 2006 [08:46]

Amnesty International: "CIA secret planes landed in Azerbaijan too"

The human rights organization Amnesty International released a new report on the US Central Intelligence Agency’s secret detentions in foreign countries.
07 April 2006 [08:42]

Council of Europe suggests to elect Baku Mayor

The 3rd meeting of Steering Group for the National Association of Local Authorities in Azerbaijan launched yesterday.
07 April 2006 [07:59]

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict gives no chance to establish South Caucasus union

Though proposals on establishment of South Caucasus countries local management union were sounded impossible to realize, that's because of Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.
07 April 2006 [00:06]

Araz Azimov: "US makes strong efforts to solve Nagorno Karabakh problem"

"OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are making serious efforts following the meeting in Rambouillet to solve Nagorno Karabakh problem," Deputy FM Araz Azimov told journalists.
06 April 2006 [23:54]

Attempts of national borders violations at the Caspian Sea bother Azerbaijan

Situation in the South Caucasus region cannot be called stable because of regional conflicts.
06 April 2006 [22:59]

Communications Minister met French Ambassador

The Azerbaijani Communications Minister, Ali Abbasov has met with the French Ambassador in Baku, Bernard Amodrique du Shafo, the Ministry's press-release told.
06 April 2006 [22:47]

President Aliyev receives Polish Economic Minister

The Azerbaijani-Polish relationship expands in different spheres, President Ilham Aliyev stated at the meeting with Petr Voznyak, the Polish Economic Minister.
06 April 2006 [12:28]

DRP leader en route to Strasbourg

MP Asim Mollazade is leaving for Strasbourg April 6 to attend the international conference dedicated to future status of Kosovo.
06 April 2006 [12:15]

4 Azeri MPs to attend meeting of Parliamentary Alliance of OIC in Turkey

Azerbaijani MPs Govhar Bakhshaliyeva, Javanshir Pashazade, Khanhuseyn Kazimly and Sabir Rustamkhanly will leave for Istanbul April 7 to attend meeting of the Parliamentary Alliance of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).
06 April 2006 [11:39]

US warns citizens against travelling to Karabakh

The US State Department has prohibited Americans from visiting the Armenian-occupied Nagorno Karabakh and sent a special warning to US citizens of Armenian descent.
06 April 2006 [11:00]

Vardan Oskanian: "Azerbaijan had started the war and lost"

Armenian minister rules out military conflict settlement.
06 April 2006 [10:30]

Armenians' attending Hague Baku event not confirmed

A former Abkhaz official has dismissed reports saying Armenian representatives are attending the two-day international conference of the International Tribunal of The Hague, which started in Baku on Wednesday.
06 April 2006 [10:17]

Polish minister, Azeri officials to mull cooperation, energy security

Polish Economy Minister Piotr Wozniak was to start his five-day visit to Baku on Wednesday. The goal of the visit is to discuss issues of economic cooperation and energy security with the top Azerbaijani leadership, according to the Polish embassy.
06 April 2006 [10:15]

Opposition party chair calls jailed ex-minister "corruption symbol"

The opposition Party of National Independence of Azerbaijan (PNIA) chairman Etibar Mammadov on Wednesday played down the reports terming the detained former economic development and health ministers as "political prisoners" and accused them of corrupt practices while in office.
06 April 2006 [10:14]

President Aliyev received an official invitation to Washington

It will be Mr. Aliyev's first official visit to the US since he was elected as President in 2003.
06 April 2006 [09:46]

Russia and Azerbaijan delimitation Committee held joint meeting in Derbend

Russia and Azerbaijan delimitation Committee held joint meeting in Derbend on Wednesday.
06 April 2006 [09:44]

Chair of State Customs Committee met with experts on US-GUAM framework program

The chair of the State Customs Committee (SCC) Aydin Aliyev today received Alexander Farkash, manager of the Euroatlantic expert group on US-GUAM framework program, and Valdas Dovidenas, councilor of the Euroatlantic observations group on transport and trade assistance.
06 April 2006 [09:25]

Matthew Bryza leaves Azerbaijan, Stephen Krasner continues his meetings

The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Matthew Brayza completed his visit to Baku.
06 April 2006 [09:02]

CEC Chairman left for Budapest

Central Election Committee (CEC) Chairman Mazahir Panahov left for Budapest.
06 April 2006 [08:42]

Contact line of troops to be monitored in Gazakh today

Monitoring is planned to be held today in the contact line of troops, near Mazamli village of Azerbaijan's region of Gazakh in accordance with the mandate of the personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
06 April 2006 [08:40]

Armenians violated cease-fire regime

Armenian armed forces broke the cease-fire in Gazakh front line again.
05 April 2006 [20:47]

OSCE spreads statement on legal procedure in regard to activists of Yeni Fikir movement

The OSCE Baku office expresses concerns in relation to the decision to hold close court sittings in regard to the activists of Yeni Fikir youth movement.
05 April 2006 [20:42]

KLO accuses Budapest court of unjust position

The Budapest court took unfair position in relation to the case of Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov.
05 April 2006 [20:29]

NATO special representative Robert Simmons to visit Azerbaijan

The NATO General Secretary special representative in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, Robert Simmons will pay a visit to Azerbaijan on April 10-13.
05 April 2006 [20:24]

Saudi Ambassador: "Saudi Arabia offers to unite the efforts in the terrorism struggle"

Saudi Arabian position towards the terrorism issue is clear, objective and unambiguous. It means that Er-Riad supports all the resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council on the terrorism struggle, the Saudi Ambassador in Azerbaijan, Ali Hasan Jafar told.
05 April 2006 [17:19]

National Independence party becomes observer in European National Party

The National Independence party (NIP) of Azerbaijan chairman, Etibar Mammedov has visited Italy at the invitation of the European National Party.
05 April 2006 [17:16]

Azeri MPs to pay a visit to Pakistan

A group of Azerbaijani parliamentarians will pay a visit to Pakistan.
05 April 2006 [16:55]

4th conference of the OIC IPU to be held in Istanbul

The 4th conference of the Organization of Islamic Conference inter-parliamentary union will be held in Istanbul on April 12-13.
05 April 2006 [16:50]

Leonid Radzikhovski: "Russia has to play peaceful role, not just to be NK conflict's catalyzer"

"Azerbaijan is one the former Soviet countries having real political interests not just a psychopathic one," Russian prominent political scientist Leonid Radzikhovski told.
05 April 2006 [15:45]

Lithuanian FM invites Asim Mollahzadeh to the international conference

The Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Antanas Valenis has invited the Democratic Reforms Party (DRP) chairman, Asim Mollazadeh for the conference "New Democracies in Europe and Euro-Atlantic diary" that is to take place on May 3.
05 April 2006 [15:42]

Azerbaijan, Brasil signed cooperation agreements

Azeri FM's South American visit continues.
05 April 2006 [15:33]

GUAM summit due in Kiev

Next summit of GUAM, a regional organization among Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova, will be held in Kiev in May.
05 April 2006 [15:27]

Turkish president concludes official visit to Azerbaijan

Turkish President Ahmet Nejdet Sezer concluded his official visit to Azerbaijan on 5 April and returned back by BMC airliner to the Etimesgut military airport of Turkey near the capital Ankara.
05 April 2006 [15:26]

Polish speaker to put off his visit to Baku

The visit of the Polish parliament speaker, Bogdan Borusevic to Baku is postponed.
05 April 2006 [15:13]

Peter Semneby: "EU makes gets more involved in the aged conflicts"

The Armenian Foreign Minister, Vardan Oskanyan has presented the new EU representative on the South Caucasus, Peter Semneby to the Armenian society on April 5 in Yerevan.
05 April 2006 [13:44]

4th Assembly of WDM over in Istanbul

On Wednesday the 4th Assembly of the World Democratic Movement (WDM) started in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday completes, MP Asim Mollazade, the chair of the Democratic Reforms Party (DRP).
05 April 2006 [12:49]

Azerbaijani PM met Turkish President

The Azerbaijani Prime-Minister, Artur Rasizadeh has met the Turkish President, Ahmed Nejed Sezer, who is currently visiting Azerbaijan, on April 5.
05 April 2006 [10:46]

Prosecutor's Office of Republic and Central Election Commission reports on illegalities in 6 November elections

The district (city) courts of Azerbaijan reviewed 20,117 appeals on voter's lists in the 6 November, 2005 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan. 20,105 of them (99.9%) were satisfied and 12 were rejected. Prosecutor's Office of Republic (POR) and Central Election Commission stated in the joint report on election frauds.
05 April 2006 [10:02]

Armenian NGO delegates to visit Azerbaijan today

Conference of non-governmental organizations delegates of the South Caucasus will be held in Baku from 5 to 6 April.
05 April 2006 [09:15]

Azerbaijani delegation to attend PACE spring session in Strasbourg

The Azerbaijani delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will leave for Strasbourg April 8 to attend PACE spring session to be held April 10-13.
05 April 2006 [09:03]

Minister of Emergencies meets Iranian Ambassador

Following the instruction of President Ilham Aliyev, Minister of Emergencies Kamaladdin Heydarov met with Iranian extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Afshar Suleymani.
05 April 2006 [08:33]

HRO Monitoiring Group's new prisoners list includes ex-ministers

Human Rights Organizations Monitoring Group (HRO MG) have prepared list of persons they consider as political prisoners.
04 April 2006 [19:09]

Minister of Internal Affairs plans to visit Dushanbe

Ramil Usubov, the Azerbaijani Minister of Internal Affairs, plans to pay visit to Dushanbe from 21 to 22 April, Mehrab Tukanov, the Head of the International Relations Department of the Ministry, stated.
04 April 2006 [18:57]

OIC Foreign Ministers to meet in Baku on June 19-21

33rd Conference of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) foreign ministers will take place in Baku on June 19-21, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry informed.
04 April 2006 [18:27]

US to continue financial and technical assistance in mine clearing

USA intends to continue financial and technical assistance in mine clearing of the Azerbaijani territories, Rino Harnish, the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, said.
04 April 2006 [15:25]

Azerbaijan and Armenia will not preside at GS of TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission

The reason of it was that the sides were against each-other during election of the Secretary General.
04 April 2006 [15:19]

Reno Harnish: "US government believes 2006 will be a decisive year to solve Karabakh conflict"

"The US government believes that this year will be a decisive year for settling the Nagorno Karabakh conflict," said US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish.