The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, which passes through eastern and southern Türkiye, has provided world markets with over 4 billion barrels of crude as of the end of last year since it was opened in 2006.
President Ilham Aliyev signs presidential decree appointing veteran official Mukhtar Mammadov as Baku's first envoy to Israel after 30 years of bilateral relations.
Experts see the decline of Tehran's relations with Baku as a microcosm of the broader failure of President Ebrahim Raisi’s promised strong-neighbourhood agenda.
The interview of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev given to the local TV channels yesterday offered unique insights into how Azerbaijan will proceed in many economic and political aspects in the next years.
Farid Shafiyev: Yerevan can sign anything, but without Baku the peacekeepers will not have a mandate
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gave a press conference, opening a new political year for his country. After the holidays, everyone (who has a job) returns to work, and it is high time to set a certain tone for the year, which would help somehow smooth out last year's failures.
We must proceed from the fact that the so-called "peace process", all the more so with the help of mediators who are far from peaceful, is nothing more than an attempt to play for time, former Foreign Minister Tofig Zulfugarov told us in an interview, commenting on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's press conference, at which many absurd and contradictory statements had been made.
The head of state stressed that the current situation is the result of the actions of the French government.
From 1997 to 2018 “Vallex”’s CEO Russian-Armenian oligarch Valeriy Medjlumyan owned and exploited Alaverdi copper smelter, Armenia’s second biggest copper plant enjoying protection by then Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan.
On the eve of January 8, the "state minister" of the remnants of the separatist entity Ruben Vardanyan made another appeal, of which there have been plenty lately.
"If we see that we are facing a serious threat, we will deal with that threat immediately. Regardless of where that threat arises, within our territory or outside our borders."
Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar spoke about the importance of liberating Azerbaijani lands from occupation.
“In my opinion, this year will bring clarity to many issues. By the way, I sincerely believed that we will be able to sign the agreement before the end of the year. But it didn't happen,” said President Ilham Aliyev in his interview with local TV channels.
The Board of Trustees of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund issued a statement regarding the "blockade" of the Lachin corridor, calling on the UN Secretary General, other international organizations and the concerned states to make immediate efforts for operating the Khojaly airport and "putting in place guarantees for delivering emergency humanitarian aid to the Nagorno-Karabakh population by air."
"In parallel with this, according to the memorandums of intent signed with two of the world’s leading companies, the construction of solar and wind power plants with a capacity of up to 22,000 megawatts is planned in Azerbaijan."
“In recent years, energy security issues have been the center stage of the global agenda. This means that this issue has always been on the agenda of international organizations and the most influential international forums, and the way Azerbaijan has been implementing its oil and gas industry projects has always earned us great respect of our partners,” said President Ilham Aliyev as he was interviewed by local TV channels.
“Azerbaijan's fields will supply gas to international markets for at least another 100 years, i.e. as technologies develop, production opportunities will increase. Therefore, 2.6 trillion cubic meters is the confirmed minimum volume of our potential,” said President Ilham Aliyev in his interview with local TV channels.
“Discussions about the Trans-Caspian pipeline have been going on for many years, but there is no result yet. The total throughput capacity of the Trans-Caspian pipeline is estimated at 30 billion cubic meters of gas. There are several key issues for the implementation of this project, one of which is who will finance this project,” said President Ilham Aliyev in his interview with local TV channels.
Having considered all their affairs on the ground completed, the Armenian side has begun to deal with problems in the sky. At first, Moscow-backed "state minister" Ruben Vardanyan threatens to open an airport in Khojaly, and Armenian political analyst Richard Kirakosyan calls for closing Armenian airspace for civil aircraft of Azerbaijan and Türkiye.
The parliamentary speakers of three fraternal nations Azerbaijan, Iran, and Türkiye coming together is a sign of common willpower to reinforce peace and stability in the Middle East, said the latter’s Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop said Monday following a meeting with his Iranian and Azerbaijani counterparts in the southern province of Antalya.
“Zangezur Corridor is not only an economic and transport project for us, it is also a strategic project. We are sure that the realization of this project is our natural right,” said President Ilham Aliyev as he was interviewed by local TV channels.
“We have been implementing projects in the field of transport for many years. The Russia-Ukraine war has enhanced the importance of our work,” said President Ilham Aliyev as he was interviewed by local TV channels.
“Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, we have received requests from more than 10 countries – from countries that are buying our gas now and are interested in additional volumes of gas, and also from countries that have never bought gas from us but want to join this program too. Of course, the role of Azerbaijan is increasing here, and we must take advantage of that,” said President Ilham Aliyev as he was interviewed by local TV channels.
“Today, it is no secret that the Western Azerbaijan Community was denied its rights as a community that was deported for many years. Of course, talking about the rights of Western Azerbaijanis in a place where there was a problem of Karabakh might have looked like a premature fire. But today, I think that we have quite rightly brought this topic to the international arena,” said President Ilham Aliyev in his interview with local TV channels.
“The return of deported Azerbaijanis to Western Azerbaijan will not create a problem for the Armenians. Because their return there does not mean the removal of the Armenians living there. Because those villages are empty and we will, of course, use all the opportunities available to us,” said President Ilham Aliyev in his interview with local TV channels.
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