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This week can rightfully be seen as a period of significant geopolitical triumph for Azerbaijan. On one hand, Baku hosted the first meeting of the general secretaries of the parliaments of Turkic states during the 13th plenary session of TURKPA.

The agreement between Turkey and Azerbaijan to increase natural gas supplies until 2030, including the export of gas from Central Asia to Turkey and its further transit to Europe, opens up prospects for the development of energy relations in the region.

However, in Armenia, thinking has always been quite unorthodox—for the revanchist circles of this country, dreaming of restoring the borders of Tigranes' Armenia, anything good for Azerbaijan is bad for them.

The first death from a new type of avian flu has been reported globally, according to Reuters. The victim was a 59-year-old resident of Mexico. An epizootic outbreak of this new avian flu strain had already been observed in domestic poultry.

The shift from a security-focused engagement to broader cooperation with the Caucasus and Central Asian states underscores India’s pursuit of strategic depth.

Baku Energy Week is much more about politics than business. The opening ceremony held in Baku the day before confirmed this once again.

As is known, every year landmines lead to the death and injury of thousands of people, in some cases even after a conflict has been resolved.

To achieve sustainable and long-term peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, there should be no unfinished measures or unresolved issues that could be used against each other in the future.

October 27, 1999, was a day quite unlike any other. U.S. Secretary of State Strobe Talbott had been in town to talk Karabakh and a new Catholicos was controversially elected in Etchmiadzin.

Relations between France and Azerbaijan have been on a downward slope since the 44-day war in 2020, when Paris emerged as Armenia’s major international supporter, and the French parliament even voted, almost unanimously, for a resolution calling for the recognition of independence of the so-called “Republic of Artsakh”.

Azerbaijan-Russia diplomatic relations have gone through many ups and downs in the 32 years since the two countries became independent.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's global influence, highlighted by his leadership in the Non-Aligned Movement and calls for UN Security Council reform, underscores his diplomatic acumen. His initiatives extend to humanitarian aid and environmental protection, reflecting a commitment to a just world order.

After the most recent Israeli air strike on the Rafah camp, many countries in the West and Middle East issued harsh critical statements citing the significant number of killed civilians, including children, during the attack.

Azerbaijan has emerged as a vocal advocate for the rights of colonial small island nations, particularly those under French control.

A new corruption scandal is brewing in the European Parliament (EP). This time it is about ‘Russian interference’ in the activities of the EP, which is already being investigated in Brussels and Strasbourg. 

Another anti-Azerbaijan statement emerged from the office of Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, concerning the human rights situation in Azerbaijan.

Another corruption scandal is brewing in the European Parliament—this time not "Qatari" but "Russian." Police are conducting searches in the offices of the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg.

For the fourth year now, Azerbaijan has been implementing a large-scale program for the revival of the territories of the Karabakh and East Zangezur economic regions liberated from occupation.

On April 17, Russian and Azerbaijani officials confirmed that the Russian peacekeeping forces deployed in Karabakh since the end of Azerbaijan and Armenia’s 44-day war in November 2020 had begun pulling out from the region, in line with an agreement achieved between Baku and Moscow.

The nearly year-long series of negotiations between border commissions, led by the deputy prime ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, resulted in the liberation of four villages in the Gazakh district, which were occupied in the early 1990s.

Russia's recent announcement to establish a consulate general in Khankendi, the main city of Karabakh, has sparked significant debate and speculation among Azerbaijani political experts.

The Azerbaijani public was recently shocked by a statement made by Grigory Karasin, head of the Russian Federation Council Committee, during a meeting with a group of Azerbaijani deputies led by Samad Seyidov.

In Khankendi and its surroundings, following the withdrawal of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, there are no Russian military personnel or their families.

Yesterday, Ayhan Hajizade, the spokesperson for Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, described Paris' "democratic" campaign against Baku as an attempt to "conceal the failure of France's foreign policy."