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188 software programmers and technology enthusiasts who wish to make a contribution to the Karabakh revival program have submitted their applications for ...

The total number of participants registered from Azerbaijan for the international event is 131. The jury will evaluate the 188 applications received under the conditions of the event and determine the participants who will advance to the next stage. In preparation for the TEKNOFEST Azerbaijan Aerospace and Technology Festival, which will be held for the first time in Baku on 26 – 29 May this year, jointly organized by the Turkish Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation), the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey, the registration for the Smart Karabakh hackathon has been completed.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Toivo Klaar have discussed regional issues, ...

Both Aliyev and Pashinyan have expressed a willingness to work quickly toward a peace agreement between their countries. The leaders took stock of developments since their last meeting in Brussels in December 2021 and their videoconference, together with French President Emmanuel Macron, in February 2022. In a telephone conversation, the sides discussed the latest regional developments, steps to normalize relations between the two countries, including the preparation of a future peace agreement, following the meeting held between the Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders in Brussels with the EU Council president's mediation and participation, as well as exchanged views on humanitarian issues.

Kllar says he held discussions with Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov yesterday and today. The EU representative ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 12. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov had a telephone conversation with EU Special ...

Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers held a direct telephone conversation amidst the work on the preparation of a future peace treaty between th.

The restoration of Azerbaijan’s control over a large portion of its 1,007-kilometer border with Armenia as a result of the war unearthed new realities on the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border. Following the Soviet Union’s dissolution in 1991, Armenia launched a full-blown military campaign against Azerbaijan, marking the longest and deadliest war in the South Caucasus region. Under the statement, Armenia also returned the occupied Aghdam, Kalbajar, and Lachin districts to Azerbaijan.

EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar held a phone conversation with Azerbaijani and Armenian officia...

The conversation came less than a week after Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met in Brussels for talks hosted by ...

In a statement on the 30th anniversary of mass killings of ethnic Armenian civilians in the Karabakh village of Maragha, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said “ethnic cleansing” of the Karabakh Armenians remains “the real goal of official Baku.” It also said Armenia will continue to defend the Karabakh Armenians’ right to a “free, secure, dignified life in their homeland.” Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry responded by accusing Yerevan of lacking a “real desire” to make peace with Baku. The Armenian Foreign Ministry said Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov “exchanged views on the creation of the commission on delimitation and border security, preparation of peace negotiations and humanitarian issues.” It gave no other details.

The former Member of the Board of the Central Bank Elman Rustamov has been appointed Adviser to the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev appointed Taleh Kazimov, chairman of the privately owned PASHA Bank, as the new governor of the country's central bank on ...

French Qair Group is very interested in renewable energy projects in Azerbaijan, including on its liberated territories, Charles Lhermitte, Chief Operating ...

We also did a lot of auto consumption projects, within which we produce electricity directly for the factory,” he concluded. “For example one month ago we won 2 large projects at an auction in Scotland – with a total of 2 GW of offshore projects. Currently, there are a lot of tenders in Spain, Greece and Italy. We are present in all these markets and we can see there is an increase in demand for renewables capacities in all the European countries. “Perhaps like during the energy crisis in 1973, this strange situation is also an opportunity for the renewables. This topic was discussed during the meeting with the Energy Ministry in Baku. We discussed both, how we can participate in the next auction, and at the same time, we expressed our interest in the projects in the liberated territories,” Lhermitte added. We are quite interested to develop other projects especially due to the fact that the country has a very strong potential for renewables development.

The former board member of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA), Elman Rustamov, has been appointed advisor to the country's prime minister, the...

The war in Ukraine has encouraged Baku to pursue a policy of neutrality as it tries to maintain links with both Kyiv and Moscow. Despite this, parts of the ...

Murad Muradov is the co-founder and deputy director of the Topchubashov Center, a Baku-based think tank. Firstly, Dimitriev and another “patriotic” Telegram channel called “Atomic cherry” wrote that Baku’s behaviour could result in “the first tactical nuclear strike of the 21st century”. Since the incident in Farrukh was not the first in Karabakh since the 44-day war, it was clear that such a brazen threat was made in the context of Azerbaijan’s insufficient loyalty on the Ukraine issue. This was done in response to supposed cooperation between Russian peacekeepers and Armenian forces regarding the building of trenches and other fortifications. Mainstream Russian media slowly warmed to Azerbaijan last year as Baku declared its commitment to the Russian peacekeepers’ presence and Moscow’s political and cultural influence in general. Instead, the country believes that Delyagin speaks for a significant part of the Russian elite, which is hellbent on “punishing” Baku for its independent foreign policy. Azerbaijan believes that Moscow cannot ask more of it given the current situation in the region. For people like Dimitriev, Azerbaijan’s independence is only the result of its equidistance between Ankara and Moscow. He subsequently viewed the Azerbaijani-Turkish alliance formed during and after the war as a direct reason for Russia to interfere militarily. At the same time, Azerbaijan has reiterated its firm commitment to the principles of territorial integrity and non-interference in states’ internal affairs. Another narrative was created about Azerbaijani-Jewish oligarchs in Russia and Moscow intelligence chief Sergey Naryshkin. Following information about an informal meeting between Naryshkin and prominent oligarch God Nisanov, sections of the Russian media claimed that an omnipresent Azerbaijani mafia in Russia is ensuring Moscow’s support for Azerbaijani interests. They even wrote that British soft power agencies had until recently felt much more at ease in the “northern capital” than anywhere else in Russia. They also mentioned events concerning gender inclusivity and other left-liberal issues held by UK representatives in St. Petersburg. It is symptomatic that Baku’s role in this conspiracy theory is said to be directly connected to Britain’s anti-Russian strategy. Russian “propagandist-in-chief” Vladimir Solovyov is particularly notable for his thinly-veiled threats, even though he was once invited to Baku by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. In his interview with the Russian channel RBK, Aliyev emphasised that the Russian media’s “vicious anti-Azerbaijani campaign” had damaged Moscow’s image in the country and may affect interstate relations as Baku has also been generally careful about voicing its opinions regarding the behaviour of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. This was true even when these forces visibly violated the ceasefire agreement, causing a public backlash in Azerbaijan. As a result, anti-Azerbaijani narratives voiced on the Russian state TV channel Rossiya 1 and popular Telegram channels, came quite out of the blue.

The commission on delimitation and security will be confirmed by April 30, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said as he presented a report on the ...

That is why we also agreed on delimitation in Brussels and decided to set up an Armenia-Azerbaijan bilateral commission on delimitation and border security by the end of April and start working,” he added. “What is our strategy in this regard? He said the timeframe and format will be determined in the process, but stressed that “the signing of a peace agreement with Azerbaijan as soon as possible is part of our plans.”

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan said that he is prepared to “lower the bar” regarding the status of Artsakh in negotiations on a peace agreement with Azerbaijan ...

With the so-called peace plan, we prepare our people for new concessions, defeat and humiliation,” Ohanyan said. On March 14, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a list of five principles that it had submitted to its Armenian counterpart several days earlier. “We have said that Armenia has never had territorial claims on Azerbaijan and the Artsakh issue is not a matter of territory but rather a matter of rights. Armenian politicians have not previously been prohibited from entering Artsakh by Russian peacekeepers. During an April 6 summit hosted by European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev agreed to prepare for negotiations on a bilateral peace agreement. Therefore, we state that for Armenia security guarantees for the Armenians of Artsakh, the guarantee of their rights and freedoms and clarification of the final status of Nagorno-Karabakh are of fundamental importance.”

By fixing our positions on the actual process of organizing peace talks, we had conveyed it to Azerbaijan through the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries ...

We are convinced that the preparation of the process should start without delay, and we shall hope that the foreign ministries of Armenia and Azerbaijan will be able to fulfill the given instructions in due time. “In Brussels, the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan were instructed to begin preparations for a future peace agreement and to launch talks and contacts in this regard. By fixing our positions on the actual process of organizing peace talks, we had conveyed it to Azerbaijan through the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries, stated that we were ready to start peace talks on that basis, and asked the Co-Chairs to assist in organizing or holding those peace talks.

As diplomacy between Armenia and Azerbaijan has gained pace, resistance in Armenia has grown to what many fear will be unacceptable concessions on their ...

"For example, what would Aliyev do to me in my case?” he asked in an interview with RFE/RL. “I'm not going so that it does not become a cause of provocation [by the Azerbaijani side]. In this fragile situation, an action like that could be provocative. “If before we made the status of Karabakh the foundation, and guarantees of security and rights proceeded from that, now we are making the guarantees of security and rights the foundation and the status proceeds from that,” he told parliament. "Instead of discussing our real agendas and finding solutions to critical issues, they [the ruling party] take a passive position, especially regarding the Artsakh issue,” Ohanyan said. “In other words we are saying that status is not the goal, but a means of providing security and rights to the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh.” It all came a day after the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan had a rare one-on-one phone call, discussing the delimitation and demarcation of their mutual border and peace negotiations to bring an end to their decades-long conflict. The two opposition blocs of the Armenian parliament announced on April 12 that they would be boycotting the body’s sessions for the week and walked out en masse.

Tarlan Baghirov, a 48-year-old barber in Baku, recently went on a bus tour with his family to the northern city of Guba. Their guide was an ethnic Russian ...

It is also obvious that the Russian language is gradually losing competition to the English language,” he told Eurasianet in an email interview. Still, the future of Russian-language education in Azerbaijan “seems doubtful,” said Sergey Rumyantsev, a Baku-born professor of sociology and co-founder of the Berlin-based Center for Independent Social Research. “It is obvious that the Russian sector will be narrowed and absorbed by the Azerbaijani sector over time. “Among the three South Caucasian countries, Azerbaijan is least known in Russia. Azerbaijan is perceived as a Muslim country, sometimes unsafe,” Rumyantsev said. “She called me a ‘Nazi’ for saying she should speak Azerbaijani. I said she is a Nazi for thinking that her ethnic language is superior to that of her country of citizenship.” But it worked: “Until the end of the trip, she didn’t speak another word of Russian.” The Russian sector schools have in fact been on the decline for some time. There are periodic controversies around the Russian schools, and chronic shortages of teachers. The figure of 140,000 students in Russian sector schools that Aliyev cited is down from 250,000 in the 1990-91 school year. “If many of them move to Azerbaijan, it is possible that the environment of Russian-speaking people will suddenly and for some time expand, and the demand for education in Russian will temporarily increase,” Rumyantsev said. But there remains a high demand among parents. Now, the war has pushed him to act. But Baghirov prefers to speak Azerbaijani, and he asked the guide why she was speaking Russian. “Both culture and language should stay outside politics.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 13. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed a Decree to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Rauf Hajiyev, Trend reports.

The Foreign Ministry and the diplomatic mission in Geneva represented Azerbaijan at the event. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Vice-President ...

Three days after Delyagin's remarks on Russia's television channel, the prosecutor's office in Baku filed a criminal lawsuit against him and asked Interpol ...

The positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces in the village of Farrukh and nearby heights, which are an inseparable part of our country, are unchanged,” said the statement released by the Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense. According to Valiyev, this is directly related to Brussels taking an initiative in the region that has become more vital with Russia-Ukraine War. “The South Caucasus is important for the EU as it offers alternative energy and transportation lines. On March 26 Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement urging both Armenia and Azerbaijan to exercise restraint. “We have sufficient grounds to assume that during the gas pipeline repairs, the Azerbaijani side installed a valve that stopped the gas supply a few hours ago,” the de facto Karabakh government said in a statement according to reporting by Eurasianet. Baku has denied the accusations. The first disruption was reported on March 8 and although it was reportedly restored on March 19, the supply was disrupted again on March 21. My statement and the poll conducted in the telegram were addressed to some part of the Azerbaijani bureaucracy, which, perhaps, decided that in the situation of diverting Russian forces for a military special operation, its peacekeepers can be neglected.

The decision to appoint Taleh Kazimov to the Central Bank's Board of Directors was discussed in the Azerbaijani parliament's (Milli Majlis) plenary session. The ...

A regular plenary session of Azerbaijan's parliament began on April 12. -draft resolution on the appointment of Taleh Kazimov to the position of a member of the Board of the Central Bank; The document was put to a vote and adopted after discussion.

The parties also discussed existing bilateral cooperation in the fields of digital transformation, innovation, and startups, and Korean ICT experts were invited ...

They also considered the possibility of strengthening ties in the field of information technology education. Azerbaijan and Korea are cooperating in various fields. It was noted that talks are underway to hold the commission's next meeting in Seoul in the second half of 2022.

The latest innovative solutions will be demonstrated at the Azercell stand as part of the event, which will be held from 26 to 29 May at Baku Crystal Hall ...

Guests of the festival will be able to enjoy the performances of artists and musicians, as well. The festival will be remembered for a spectacular show by the Azerbaijani Air Forces, as well as the famous "Turkish Stars" and "Solo Turk" aerobatics teams. Constantly bringing advanced technologies to Azerbaijan for 25 years, Azercell will exhibit its products and solutions, fulfilling its strategic goal of "Easing connectivity, empowering lives ". During the festival, visitors of Azercell's stand will have the opportunity to watch interesting services, as well as participate in exciting competitions to win prizes.

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The ministry noted that Azerbaijan joined the alliance in January 2022 on the basis of an appeal from ICRC President Peter Maurer, as well as cooperation with ...

They expressed the hope that the Global Alliance for the Missing will draw global attention to the importance of clarifying the fate of the missing and make a significant contribution to cooperation in this area. It was attended by representatives of ten Member States (Azerbaijan, Argentina, Estonia, Kuwait, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, the Republic of Korea, and Switzerland), said the statement. According to him, the Global Alliance for the Missing was established to raise awareness of the question of missing persons, and promote the implementation of global commitments relating to this issue.

Minister Rashad Nabiyev noted that digital transformation is high on the agenda of the Azerbaijani government. He informed the Korean Ambassador of the ongoing ...

He informed the Korean Ambassador of the ongoing work in this area, as well as about future plans. They also considered the possibility of expanding relations in the field of IT education. It was noted that negotiations are underway to hold the next meeting of the commission in the second half of 2022 in Seoul.

This matter was previously discussed at plenary session of Azerbaijan's Parliament (Milli Mejlis). The session discussed the draft decision of the Milli Majlis ...

Nagorno-Karabakh authorities have denied reports that the Azerbaijan has further advanced into Armenian territories.

Azerbaijan has broken into Nagorno-Karabakh, and the incursion has left three Armenian soldiers dead and at least 14 others injured. The head of the Sardarashen community Hayk Hakobyan said earlier that the Azerbaijanis have advanced towards his village as well. "The Azerbaijani troops continue to remain in the part of Karaglukh, where their advance was stopped as a result of the actions of the Defense Army units on March 24-25, and that part is adjacent to several villages, including Sardarashen," the statement from Karabakh reads.

If March was a month marked with the offer of the victor (Azerbaijan) and implicit acquiescence of the vanquished (Armenia), April has so far transpired to ...

It will take some time before a genuinely durable and sufficiently self-contained bilateral format emerges from the presently functioning trilateral platforms. There is also a question of possible competition between Brussels and Moscow over being a chief power-broker in developing post-conflict normalisation. The same was articulated after the latest Brussels convocation, this time with a deadline set as “late April” and without involving a third-party role. Another principal commonality uniting the two platforms is that they are both, at least on a purely formal level, designed to ensure that the parties move towards a framework which would enable them to talk to each other directly. Before the 2020 campaign, the OSCE Minsk Group had been the only recognised format within which the negotiations were taking place. In this vein, the agreement reached in Brussels to the effect of launching work on developing a peace agreement and the subsequent telephone chat between the two foreign ministers could be viewed as the logical continuation of the negotiations that received their inception by virtue of the ceasefire agreement.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 13. Azerbaijan has always been committed to the principles of the UN, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said at a UN ...

Today's conference is held within the framework of events in connection with the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Azerbaijan's accession to the UN, the minister said. "Azerbaijan has always been committed to establishing peace, strengthening diplomatic relations with other countries and the Charter of UN," Bayramov said. BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 13.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has described his phone conversation with Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan on April 11 as constructive, ...

"As a follow-up to the agreements reached, I had a telephone conversation with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. We discussed a number of practical steps. I think that the talks with the Armenian foreign minister were professional and constructive. We consider this a very important step," he said.

A soldier of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Defense Army was injured after Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire.

Armenia has accepted the new realities created by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev following the 44-day victory war in 2020.

Armenia’s development is doomed to failure without normalized relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan. The imminent peace treaty is the last chance for Armenia as the country will either develop or it will be trapped in a deadlock. He also added that it was agreed that working groups would be formed on the border issues and the preparation of a peace agreement. The leaders took stock of developments since their last meeting in Brussels in December 2021 and their videoconference, together with French President Emmanuel Macron, in February 2022. These are the radical opposition in the person of Armenia's "Karabakh clan", the separatists in Karabakh, the Armenian lobby in the world and the centers in Russia. Together, they will try to impede direct dialogue and discussions between Azerbaijan and Armenia. We want to ensure that this legitimacy is recognized by the international community and reach an agreement with Azerbaijan on this basis," Pashinyan said. In his opinion, there are very few countries in the world today that are satisfied with their borders and consider them fair.

The ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia was violated on Tuesday by Azerbaijani forces who shot a member of the armed forces of the de-facto Artsakh ...

The ministry added that the Russian defense ministry's statement "contradicts the essence of bilateral relations" and the Declaration on Allied Interaction Russia and Azerbaijan signed this February. "This is an absolute necessity and a very serious trial for the Russian peacekeeping mission in Nagorno Karabakh," said Pashinyan. Sporadic clashes have been reported along the line since the war.