By Seymur Mammadov The current dynamics of relations between Azerbaijan and Russia point to a transition to a qualitatively new stage, combining elements of pragmatism with strategic vision. Developments ranging from the resolution of the aftermath of the AZAL plane tragedy to the intensification of intergovernmental and economic dialogue suggest that Baku and Moscow have […]
Read MoreA delegation headed by Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev visited Tbilisi at the invitation of Georgian Prosecutor General Giorgi Gvarakidze. As part of the visit, the delegation paid tribute to the National Leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev, laying a wreath at his monumen at a park in Tbilisi named after him, The Caspian Post reports, […]
Read MoreAn exchange of views on the current state and future prospects of cultural ties between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan took place. The discussions were held during a meeting between Gunay Afandiyeva, Deputy Chair of the Culture Committee of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis, and Bakhodir Akhmedov, First Deputy Minister of Culture of Uzbekistan, The Caspian Post reports, citing […]
Read MoreBTKI Railways LLC and Georgian Railways JSC have signed a set of agreements in Tbilisi aimed at ensuring the full-scale launch of the joint venture operating the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway (BTK) line. One agreement regulates the use of the Marabda-Akhalkalaki railway infrastructure, while another covers the provision of terminal services at the Akhalkalaki station, The Caspian […]
Read MoreBAKU: Azerbaijan has no intention of sending a contingent of its troops to take part in peacekeeping operations outside its borders, including in Gaza, President Ilham Aliyev said late on Monday. Aliyev, interviewed by Azeri television channels, said Azerbaijan had been in contact with Donald Trump’s US administration with a list of questions about the […]
Read MoreRIYADH: Saudi utility giant ACWA Power has signed a public-private partnership agreement valued at SR1.5 billion ($400 million) to develop Azerbaijan’s first large-scale Caspian Sea water reverse osmosis desalination plant. In a Tadawul statement, ACWA Power said the agreement was signed with the government of Azerbaijan, represented by the Azerbaijan State Water Resources Agency as […]
Read MoreMOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin told Azerbaijan’s leader that two Russian missiles had detonated beside an Azerbaijan Airlines plane last year after Ukrainian drones entered Russian air space, in an incident that led to the deaths of 38 people. In what was the Kremlin leader’s most candid admission to date that Moscow was to blame […]
Read MoreA tentative U.S.-facilitated agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan could open a new transport route through Armenia’s southern Syunik region, linking mainland Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhchivan and onward to Türkiye. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has confirmed that Washington proposed managing a 32-kilometer corridor through Syunik to connect the two Azerbaijani territories. While this […]
Read MoreBy 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 MoreBy 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 […]
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