How Azerbaijan defies Russia and Iran in Eurasia’s new order
By Tom Hussain Once bound by history to Iran and Russia, Azerbaijan has been actively reconfiguring relationships with its neighbours in a bid to stake a claim as a major player in Eurasia – even at the cost of ratcheting up diplomatic friction with its former colonial rulers. Emboldened by the decisive seizure of Nagorno-Karabakh […]
Read MoreSyrian, Israeli officials meet in Baku: diplomatic source in Damascus
A Syrian and an Israeli official met face to face in Baku Saturday on the sidelines of a visit to Azerbaijan by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a diplomatic source in Damascus said. The meeting marked a major step for the two countries which have been foes for decades, and comes after Israel initially cold-shouldered Sharaa’s administration […]
Read MoreNew Plane Crash Allegations Add Fuel to Russia-Azerbaijan Dispute
Earlier this year, Azerbaijan lashed out at Russia over the Dec. 25, 2024 crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that the government said was hit by accidental Russian ground fire before crashing in Kazakhstan. Now, Moscow is coming under fresh scrutiny over the crash, which killed 38 of the 67 people on board, as a […]
Read MoreWhy are ties between Azerbaijan and Russia fraying?
By Mansur Mirovalev In 2001, a man was stabbed to death near a lakeside restaurant in Yekaterinburg, an urban centre in Russia’s Ural Mountains region. With his dying breath, he whispered the names of his alleged killers to the police, local media claimed. The man and his presumed murderers were ethnic Azeris, Turkic-speaking Muslims whose […]
Read MoreJoint Military Exercises to Strengthen Ties Between Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan
By Stephen M. Bland News sources in Azerbaijan citing the Ministry of Defense of the Republic report that five nations, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan, are set to participate in a significant joint military exercise, signaling a coordinated effort to enhance military cooperation, strengthen regional security, and bolster strategic partnerships among the participating countries. […]
Read MoreUN experts urge release of Azerbaijani rights defender
GENEVA: Four UN special rapporteurs on Monday demanded the release of Azerbaijani rights defender and climate advocate Anar Mammadli, who has been in detention for more than a year. Mammadli was detained on April 29, 2024. His arrest was one of a series which critics said undermined Azerbaijan’s credibility as a host of the United […]
Read MoreSpeaker of Azerbaijani Parliament meets with Speaker of National Council of Bhutan
Sahiba Gafarova, Azerbaijan’s Speaker of Milli Majlis, met with Lungten Dorji, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Bhutan, who is visiting Azerbaijan to participate in the 15th plenary session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) in Baku. During the meeting, Speaker Sahiba Gafarova said that it was the first visit from the […]
Read MoreKazakhstan plane shot down by Russian missile: Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has claimed that the plane that crashed in Kazakhstan was shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile. A source in the country told Reuters on Thursday that a preliminary investigation has identified a missile strike as the cause of the crash. Flight J2-8243 took off from Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday from Azerbaijan to Ghazni […]
Read MoreBangladesh, Azerbaijan for deepening ties
By Masum Billah, Baku (Azerbaijan) Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday said his country wishes to deepen ties with Bangladesh and take the bilateral relationship with Bangladesh to a new height. President Aliyev made the comments when he met Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the COP 29 global climate conference […]
Read MorePutin visits Azerbaijan, Europe worried
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Azerbaijan, a former Soviet Union country. This is Putin’s first visit to the natural resource-rich Eurasian country in six years. Meanwhile, the European Union has become very worried about Putin’s two-day state visit. In particular, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lost sleep. The distance between Azerbaijan and Ukraine is hundreds of […]
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