After a new war between Armenia and Azerbaijan broke out on September 27, 2020, Russia—which is Armenia’s key ally and has an extensive military presence in the country—maintained a position of relative neutrality, notwithstanding multiple attempts by Yerevan to drag Moscow into the conflict.
Fake news, insinuations, lies, slander, groundless accusations, insults and threats have been accompanying Azerbaijan-Iran relations for many years, traditionally inflamed by Tehran.
The V All-Republican Forum of Azerbaijani Children will take place in Baku on November 18 with the support of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs, the Regional Development Public Union (RIIB) and the UNICEF Office in Azerbaijan.
Negotiations follow all wars. Dialogue and diplomatic talks signal the end of conflicts. In this case, hope for peace grows.
On October 29, the Armenian media reported that Hampig Sassounian, an Armenian-American who was an alleged member of the Armenian terrorist organization Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide (JCAG) is in Armenia upon his extradition from the United States.
As they say, it is hard to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat there. But what if someone really wants everyone to think that there is a black cat in an empty dark room? What to do then?
Late last month (October 26), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, together inaugurated the Fuzuli International Airport, in Azerbaijan’s recently liberated city of Fuzuli, in Karabakh.
In this joint op-ed, Dr Benyamin Poghosyan and Dr Anar Valiyev discuss how Armenia and Azerbaijan have coped with the changed realities of the last year following the end of the 44-day Karabakh War and the signing of the Armenia-Azerbaijan-Russia trilateral declaration of 10 November 2021.
Azerbaijan wants to make Nagorno-Karabakh a model of sustainability, based on the use of renewable energy and the development of what it calls “smart villages”.
Haluk Bayraktar, one of two engineer brothers running the defense firm Baykar, said the new aircraft would be tested in the next two years and would be able to take off from a Turkish navy ship.
“We are always ready for unequal battle, unequal fight, however, we will not compromise our pride, dignity, our independence to anyone. Let everyone know it!”
Even though TurkStream has made Bulgaria a very important transit country, the Eastern European nation’s dependence on the Russian gas has decreased. It is expected to keep declining for reasons including the start of gas imports from Azerbaijan as of January 2021, as well as expanding opportunities to import LNG.
During his recent visit to Tbilisi, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin poured cold water on the idea of American support for a so-called “3+3 format” in the South Caucasus.
A year has passed since the end of the 44 day Karabakh War. Relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan are generally stable despite periodic escalations, writes Vasif Husseynov. "The statements of the leaders from both sides along with some major developments promise a more peaceful year ahead", he argues.
Turkish envoy to Baku visits Anadolu Agency office, hails liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh region 1 year ago.
Secularism occupies a special place in the modernist discourse in Azerbaijan. This issue is constantly emphasized by government officials, public figures, thinkers and used in the country's propaganda in the international arena.
The timing of these provocations is no coincidence. In early October, Baku and Yerevan started to use each other’s airspace for civilian flights. Despite the fact that there had been no official ban on these flights before, both sides preferred not to fly over each other’s territories up until now.
The history of Azerbaijan is rich in numerous glorious dates to be proud of them. However, in the history of our national statehood, there have been very few cases of expelling enemies from our lands by force.
Fortunately, with the issuance of the notification of the country's road organization and the emphatic recommendation not to allow Iranian trucks to travel in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the subsequent release of two Iranian truck drivers, a better situation has prevailed between the two countries.
Government master plan to rebuild Shusha, roads, communication within next year;100 kilometer Victory Road built.
A picture by an Anadolu Agency reporter based in the Asia-Caucasia region won the "Visitors' favorite photograph" award in a contest in Azerbaijan on Saturday.
The end of the 44-Day War resulted in the signing of a Trilateral Statement between the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia and the Prime Minister of Armenia on November 10, 2020. One of the main purposes of the statement is to open all transport communications in the region that were closed due to the Armenian occupation.
One of its most important points in the trilateral statement signed by Armenia’s prime minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev, and Russia’s president Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 10 November 2020—which established the ceasefire and capitulation of armed forces of the Republic of Armenia in the Second Karabakh War—is the unblocking of transport communications in the South Caucasus region.
Since signing the 2010 Strategic Partnership Treaty, Turkey and Azerbaijan have transformed their rhetorically close ties, encapsulated in the oft-repeated slogan “one nation, two states,” into a real military alliance with a casus foederis clause, resembling Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) founding Washington Treaty.
