Pan-Turkism is seeing a revival as an increasingly ambitious Turkey asserts its influence in the post-Soviet world, setting off alarm bells in Moscow in particular.
In the first half of 2021, the volume of internet banking transfers increased by 58.5% compared with the first half of 2020.
The bodies of three Armenian conscripts with gunshot wounds have been found at a military post in the south-eastern part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in Syunik region.
Following the Second Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan and Turkey’s support for the latter in that conflict, Ankara has been pushing for Baku to become more involved in Turkish geopolitical plays.
The November 2020 and January 2021 declarations of the presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia called for the unfreezing of transportation routes including most importantly the one between Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan’s non-contiguous autonomy, Nakhichevan, and between Armenia and Iran.
Azerbaijan reported 4,129 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the highest in 2021 so far.
While Azerbaijan is not as large a figure in global gas as it is in oil, gas extraction is expected to continue contributing significantly to the economy in the coming decades.
Akar met with Zakir Hasanov in Istanbul, on the sidelines of the 15th International Defense Industry Fair, one of the world's largest global defense events.
“The peacekeeping contingent of the Azerbaijani army of 120 people, jointly with Turkish forces, continues to carry out their official duties in order to ensure the security of the Kabul International airport,” Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.
According to the Armenian foreign ministry, Azerbaijan is seeking to hamper "the process of regional unblocking and opening all communication routes".
The trilateral working group on Nagorno-Karabakh (Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) has resumed its work in Moscow.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with his Azerbaijani counterpart on Tuesday. Akar met with Zakir Hasanov in Istanbul, on the sidelines of the 15th International Defense Industry Fair, one of the world's largest global defense events.
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday announced the strengthening of the state border with Armenia during a trip to the Lachin and Kelbadzhar regions.
2020 was a tumultuous year in the South Caucasus region that saw a widespread of COVID-19 pandemic and a new war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
On July 27, the parliamentary speakers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Pakistan signed a strategic partnership document—the “Baku Declaration”—in Baku, Azerbaijan, which creates a new format for political cooperation between the three states.
On Saturday (!), August 14, 2021, President of Poland Andrzej Duda signed the “restitution law”. Whether it was a deliberate act or a coincidence, but it was on a day sacred for the Jewish people that the surviving prisoners of Nazi death camps, as well as descendants of the six million Holocaust victims, who live today across a vast territory from Canada to Australia, found out that Poland took away their right to compensation and reclamation of the property confiscated from their families in the Holocaust and after the war.
The ancient Azerbaijani city of Gabala played host once again to its famous music festival this summer, after a year’s hiatus due to the pandemic.
'As for whether there are any Azerbaijani citizens in [Afghanistan]; there are currently none present there,' according to the foreign ministry's spokeswoman.
Armenia's defence ministry said in a statement that an Armenian soldier was shot dead by a sniper from Azerbaijan on Monday, as border tensions between the countries continue.
Anglo Asian Mining PLC said Monday that an initial mineral resource estimate for its Zafar polymetallic deposit in Azerbaijan is encouraging and will help support its future long-term production growth.
Moscow’s recent statements on arming Yerevan is “a worrying issue,” Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev stated Saturday, saying that Baku expects Russia not to arm Armenia.
National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug began his nine-day visit to Turkey and Azerbaijan on Friday, hoping to strengthen cooperation on the economy and defense, officials said Sunday.
Azerbaijan is negotiating the purchase of $2 billion worth of advanced Israeli weapons, reports the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom (“Israel Today”), conducting a serious analysis of the upcoming deal.
Azerbaijan hopes that Russia will continue its efforts ensuring security in the region, President Ilham Aliyev said in a televised interview with Turkish channel CNN Turk on Saturday.
