ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has expressed Baku’s appreciation for the EU’s mediation in peace negotiations between his country and neighboring Armenia. A statement by the Azerbaijani presidency said that Aliyev held talks with visiting EU Council President Charles Michel in the country’s capital, during which...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Azerbaijan has signed a contract to buy JF-17 Block-III fighter jets from Pakistan, an official statement said. The procurement of JF-17 aircraft “will bolster the airpower capabilities of Azerbaijan,” the Pakistani military said in a statement. It is part of Islamabad’s “efforts to enhance defens...
MOSCOW (AA) – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev easily cruised to victory in this week’s early presidential election, winning 92.1% of the vote with all the ballots counted, the country’s Central Election Commission officially announced on Friday. The Wednesday vote was historic, as it marked the first time it was held on the enti...
MOSCOW (AA) – An unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh statelet will cease to exist by January 1, according to a decree signed by its titular head, Samvel Shahramanyan. The Armenian population of the Karabakh region should consider the conditions of reintegration proposed by Azerbaijan and independently decide on the possibility of staying, said...
Baku, Azerbaijan – AFP Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has promised that the rights of ethnic Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region would be protected after Baku’s victory over the rebel enclave. “Despite what happened five days ago, we began sending humanitarian aid to Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region. Fuel, foodst...
ANKARA (AA) – The successful completion of Azerbaijan’s recent victory in Karabakh inspires pride, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. “It is a matter of pride that the operation was successfully completed in a short period of time, with utmost sensitivity to the rights of civilians,” Erdogan told a joint n...
