01/17/2014: The President of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev visited NATO Headquarters. He met with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen and addressed the North Atlantic Council. Also available in high definition Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 15 By Saeed Isayev - Trend: During the 20 years of membership…
2012-10-11 by Richard Weitz Although Americans and Azeris have a long history of friendship, this year marks the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and the post-Soviet state of Azerbaijan. The U.S. government and U.S. companies were eager to develop newly independent Azerbaijan’s oil and gas fields through…
2012-10-08 by Richard Weitz Azerbaijan shares extensive historical and cultural ties with Iran. In addition to about 500 miles of border, the two countries share common religious and ethnic ties. Both Iran and Azerbaijan have majority Shiite Muslim populations, in contrast to most Muslims in the world, who belong to…
2012-10-07 by Richard Weitz A defining feature of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy since independence has been its territorial dispute with its western neighbor Armenia. Both fought a brutal war in the early 1990s over a region called Nagorno-Karabakh. The conflict continues to fester, as Nagorno-Karabakh’s status remains uncertain and both nations…
2012-10-03 by Richard Weitz According to the Russian media, the Azerbaijani government is about to renew Russia’s lease of a radar station at Gabala in Azerbaijan. The station, built in 1985, can detect missile launches at a distance up to 6,000 kilometers, or much of the Middle East. The became…
