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The relationship between Azerbaijan and Iran is a topic that almost constantly remains in the focus of attention of the expert community.

This commentary delves into the evolution of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), highlighting its transformation from a consultative mechanism to a robust international entity with geostrategic significance.

After over three decades of conflict, a joint communique on December 7 between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated they were close to signing a peace treaty.

In the strategic perspective, the year 2023 can and should be considered as a period of time that serves as a benchmark for the integration of the Republic of Azerbaijan into the new world architecture with its own agenda, independent of global decision-making centers.

The release of a bilateral statement without the involvement of a third-party mediator is noteworthy.

The year 2023 is now engraved in Azerbaijan’s history as one of the four pivotal years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Jeyhun Bayramov admitted that he does not have an answer to how long the current atmosphere of tension between Paris and Baku will last.

For a long time, with its destructive actions, France has been undermining the prospects for peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan by providing Armenia with various kinds of diplomatic, economic, and recently military support.

This was the biggest failure of French intelligence in recent years and another professional victory for the Azerbaijani intelligence services.

The end of the year is the time to sum up the political outcomes and identify the major winners and losers. There is no doubt that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev belongs to the first category, as his ingeniously conceived and implemented strategy led to the full restoration of our country's territorial integrity and sovereignty. The Karabakh region's anti-terrorist operation has become this strategy's next chapter.

French diplomacy is caught in another scandal with consequences. On December 26, French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Boillon was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she was informed that two employees of the French Embassy had been declared personae non gratae by the Azerbaijani government because of their activities incompatible with their diplomatic status and contrary to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961. They were ordered to leave the territory of Azerbaijan within 48 hours.

This year marks the 90th anniversary of the American news magazine Newsweek. It is unquestionably one of the most famous magazines not only in the US but in the world. It is the weekly magazine that has been the winner of the most prestigious awards in the publishing industry. But does its glorious past mean it is still respectable? I would like to say no. Why is that?

Today, December 24, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, son and successor to the cause of national leader Heydar Aliyev, a statesman whose name is linked to truly historic changes and events in Azerbaijan and the entire region, with the brilliant victory in Karabakh and the liberation of Azerbaijani lands from more than a quarter century of Armenian occupation at the top of the list, celebrates his birthday.

To begin with, let me recall what happened in late September this year, following the brilliantly conducted anti-terrorist operation in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.

As one war in the Middle East rages on between Israel and Iran’s proxy Hamas, another war in the broader Middle East was recently concluded with lessons for the free world, especially the United States.

The statement of the newly appointed US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mark Libby, who said that his country will work to achieve lasting peace in the region and wants to witness even greater development of Azerbaijan, does not sound genuine.

The global displacement crisis has reached alarming proportions, with millions of people forced to leave their homes due to armed conflicts, persecution and systematic policies.

Members of President Joe Biden's administration need to adopt "different attitudes" before the White House can play a mediating role in thorny—and strategically vital—peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia, a top official has said.

Armenia and Azerbaijan's willingness to engage directly may suggest that the region is finally on the cusp of being ready for geopolitical prime time.

On December 7, Armenia and Azerbaijan surprised the international community when publishing a joint statement which announced the adherence of both countries to the normalization process and a prisoner swap.

Official Paris continues to attack Azerbaijani journalists through controlled media. First, Parisian "champions of human rights and freedom of speech" did not allow AZERTAC correspondent Aygun Hasanova to enter the French colony of New Caledonia.

About 80,000 foreign guests will arrive in Baku to attend the 29th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP29. Can you imagine the magnitude and significance of this event for Azerbaijan?

Antisemitism in Armenia exists, and it is neither an Azerbaijani invention nor an Israeli one, as over the years the magnitude of hatred and anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish speech online has risen significantly.

Yes, it is a fear, although most of it is completely unfounded. On the other hand, the key players of the Eurasian continent have their own reasons for these fears and their own rationales for why the idea of the Great Turan should never materialize.