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Russia Could Step Up Pressure on Armenia Through Gas and Air Travel, Analyst Says

AZE.US Relations between Armenia and Russia are entering a potentially more confrontational phase in which Moscow could use economic pressure ranging from gas prices to...

Azerbaijan Is Not Pushing Russia Out of Armenia, Analyst Says

AZE.US The growing crisis between Moscow and Yerevan should not be interpreted as an Azerbaijani attempt to push Russia out of Armenia, according to South...

Armenia Opens Door to Electricity Trade With Azerbaijan

AZE.US Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said his country could develop energy cooperation with Azerbaijan, including mutual electricity exports and imports. As reported by AZE.US,...

Ramiz Mehdiyev’s Son-in-Law Loses Court Battle Over Fruit Orchards

AZE.US Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit filed on behalf of TurAz LLC by former lawmaker Ilham Aliyev, the son-in-law of former Presidential Administration...

Aliyev Tells New German Envoy Peace in South Caucasus Is “Irreversible”

AZE.US Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Germany’s newly appointed ambassador to Baku, Dirk Lölke, on August 13 as the two sides discussed bilateral cooperation, regional...

TRIPP Is Bringing the US Back to the South Caucasus, Analyst Says

AZE.US The Washington agreements of August 8, 2025, did more than formalize a new reality between Azerbaijan and Armenia: they changed how the international community...

U.S. Role in TRIPP Is Primarily Political, Azerbaijani Analyst Says

AZE.US The United States’ role in the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, or TRIPP, is more political than financial, Azerbaijani analyst Rizvan Huseynov...

Aliyev’s Nakhchivan Visit Puts TRIPP, Energy and Defense in Focus

AZE.US President Ilham Aliyev used a daylong visit to Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave on Aug. 11 to advance a broad package of transport, energy, military and...

Pashinyan Must Hold On to Trump With Both Hands, Analyst Says

AZE.US Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan can no longer count on unconditional support from the U.S. Democratic Party and influential Armenian lobbying groups associated with...

Azerbaijanis Urged Not to Travel to Russia After Student’s Reported Detention

By AZE.US Editorial Team A prominent Azerbaijani lawyer has urged citizens to avoid traveling to Russia after reporting that a young Azerbaijani student was detained...

Peace Without Moscow: Why Baku and Washington’s Interests Aligned

By AZE.US Editorial Team Dates matter in diplomacy. On Aug. 8, 2008, Russia and Georgia went to war. Russian forces advanced deep into Georgian territory,...

A $201 Million Stake in the Middle Corridor: What Washington Wants After Peace

By AZE.US Editorial Team A year ago, Washington helped Azerbaijan and Armenia lay the political foundation for peace. The United States is now moving to the...

Azerbaijan Already Has an Indirect Role in New Defense Pact

AZE.US Azerbaijan is already indirectly connected to the emerging defense alliance between Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia through its close strategic relations with the participating...

US Allocates $201 Million to Middle Corridor and TRIPP

AZE.US The United States has provided $201 million in government funding for a new investment fund supporting the Middle Corridor, including projects connected to the...

Peace With Baku Is Already Delivering Economic Benefits to Armenia

AZE.US One year after the Washington Declaration, the political track of Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization may appear to have slowed, but significant changes are already taking place...

Musabekov Rejects Russian Criticism of Azerbaijan’s Ukraine Ties

AZE.US Azerbaijani lawmaker Rasim Musabekov has rejected criticism from members of Russia’s State Duma over Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov’s recent visit to Ukraine, saying Baku...

Aliyev Thanks Pezeshkian for Praising Azerbaijan’s Wartime Support

AZE.US Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has thanked Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian for his “kind and sincere words” about Azerbaijan and its assistance to Iran during...

Washington Says Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Is on an “Irreversible” Path

AZE.US The United States believes Azerbaijan and Armenia have entered an irreversible phase toward peace, while the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, or...

Aliyev, Pashinyan and Trump Discuss Peace Process and TRIPP

AZE.US The leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and the United States held a series of phone calls on August 8 marking the first anniversary of the...

Baku and Yerevan Have Passed the Point of No Return – Mammadov

AZE.US Azerbaijan and Armenia have not resolved every dispute inherited from decades of conflict, but a return to the previous cycle of confrontation is becoming...

Azerbaijanis May Travel to Three More Countries Without a Passport

AZE.US Azerbaijani citizens may soon be able to travel to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan using only their national ID cards, as the Organization of Turkic...

One Year After Washington, Peace Is Real but Not Yet Irreversible

By AZE.US Editorial Team Nearly one year after Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met in Washington, the main result is...

Moscow Pressures, Washington Pushes: Armenia Is Running Out of Room to Maneuver

By AZE.US Editorial Team Nearly a year after the Washington understandings, the South Caucasus has reached the point where diplomatic promises must give way to...

Azerbaijan, Ukraine Discuss Gas Supplies, Security and Reconstruction During Bayramov’s Kyiv Visit

AZE.US Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov held a series of high-level meetings in Kyiv on August 6, with talks focusing on energy supplies, regional security,...

Russia and Iran Lose Transit Leverage, Boosting Azerbaijan’s Role

AZE.US Ongoing conflicts involving Russia and Iran are increasing the strategic importance of the Middle Corridor, with Azerbaijan emerging as its central transport hub. Farhad Mammadov,...

Ankara Will Not Allow Russia or NATO to Dictate the Rules in the Black Sea

AZE.US Turkey seeks to shape a new security architecture in the Black Sea in which neither Russia nor NATO can unilaterally determine the rules. Turkish political...

Azerbaijan Has Demonstrated Its Commitment to Peace With Armenia, Hajiyev Says

AZE.US The peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia is not limited to declarations on paper, and Baku has demonstrated its intentions through concrete actions, according...

Azerbaijan Provides Strong Support to Turkey on Northern Cyprus

AZE.US Azerbaijan plays an active role in supporting Turkey’s position on the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Azerbaijani lawmaker Elchin Mirzabayli said. As AZE.US reports, Mirzabayli...

After Losing Influence in Karabakh, Russia Lost Armenia Too

AZE.US Russia will not be able to restore its former relationship model with the countries of the South Caucasus. Moscow’s loss of influence in Karabakh...

Azerbaijan Names Condition for Signing Peace Agreement With Armenia

AZE.US Azerbaijan considers changes to Armenia’s Constitution a necessary condition for signing a final peace agreement between the two countries. As AZE.US reports, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister...

US Is Gradually Weakening Iran: What It Means for Azerbaijan

By AZE.US Editorial Team Negotiations surrounding Iran have entered a new phase, but it remains too early to speak of an imminent end to the...

Ukraine War Will Decide Fate of Russian Influence in the Caucasus

AZE.US The future of Russian influence in the South Caucasus and across the former Soviet space will largely depend on the outcome of the war...

Azerbaijan Is Ready for Russian Pressure and Provocations, Namazov Says

AZE.US Azerbaijan is prepared for a possible increase in pressure from Russia, as it has resisted Moscow’s attempts to influence the country’s domestic and foreign...

Azerbaijan Emerging as Key Link Between Central Asia and Europe

AZE.US Azerbaijan’s growing cooperation with Central Asian states is turning the country into a critical link in transport, energy and trade routes connecting East and...

Pashinyan Consolidates Power Ahead of Referendum and Peace Deal With Baku

By AZE.US Editorial Team Armenia’s new government looks almost identical to the old one. That is precisely the point. After his Civil Contract party won the...

Azerbaijan Has No Reason to Rely on Russia, Analyst Says

AZE.US Azerbaijan has little reason to base its regional policy on Russia, which has repeatedly shifted its positions and proven to be an unreliable partner,...

Ilgar Mammadov Appeals to Aliyev After ‘Final Warning’

AZE.US Ilgar Mammadov, a member of the Political Committee of Azerbaijan’s Republican Alternative Party (REAL), has addressed an open letter to President Ilham Aliyev, alleging...

Putin Call Signals Baku’s Growing Regional Weight, Ukrainian Analyst Says

AZE.US Russia is increasingly being forced to treat Azerbaijan as an independent center of power rather than a country operating within Moscow’s traditional sphere of...

Putin’s Call to Aliyev May Have Been Linked to Caspian Security Risks

AZE.US Russian President Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev may have been connected to the recent strike on an Iranian commercial vessel...

Journalist Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison Over Soviet Flag

AZE.US One of the people convicted in Azerbaijan for attempting to march with Soviet flags and promoting communist ideas on social media has been identified...

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