Politics

Would They Buy a Home in Yerevan? Baku Residents Weigh In on Return to Armenia

AZE.US Residents of Baku were asked whether Azerbaijanis would be ready to return to Armenia, live in Yerevan and even buy property there, as the...

Pope Leo XIV Congratulates Ilham Aliyev On Independence Day

AZE.US Pope Leo XIV has congratulated Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of Azerbaijan’s Independence Day. AZE.US reports, citing Report, that the pontiff sent his...

Refusing Housing May Lead To Loss Of Displaced Person Status In Azerbaijan

AZE.US Azerbaijan is preparing changes to the legal status of internally displaced persons as the state shifts from temporary support programs toward permanent resettlement in...

U.S. Deepens Regional Role As Russia Pressures Armenia

AZE.US The South Caucasus is entering a new political phase, with the United States expanding its regional role while Russia increases pressure on Armenia ahead...

Baku And Ottawa Discuss Trade, Energy And Peace Process

AZE.US Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand discussed the development of relations between Baku and Ottawa, as well as regional...

Velizade: Moscow Pressures Armenia, But Effect May Be Opposite

AZE.US Azerbaijani political analyst Ilgar Velizade said Moscow’s pressure on Armenia could produce the opposite of the result Russia wants, as Yerevan becomes more alert...

Azerbaijan To Establish National Cybersecurity Agency

AZE.US Azerbaijan is establishing a National Cybersecurity Agency under the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport, according to a presidential decree signed by President Ilham...

Moscow Will Struggle To Keep Armenia As A Foothold, Musabekov Says

AZE.US Armenia’s elections have turned into more than a domestic political contest, Azerbaijani lawmaker Rasim Musabekov said, describing them as a test of whether Moscow...

Aliyev Thanks Trump For Extending Waiver Of Section 907

AZE.US Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for sending him a memorandum extending the waiver of Section 907 of the Freedom...

Aliyev Says Azerbaijan Has Enough Gas For Another 100 Years

President Ilham Aliyev said Azerbaijan’s gas reserves are sufficient for at least another century, as Baku used Energy Week to underline its role in regional and European energy security.

U.S. Official Caleb Orr Visits Azerbaijan Ahead Of First Economic Dialogue

AZE.US U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Caleb Orr is in Azerbaijan for a working visit, the State Department said. Orr’s...

Kocharyan Warns Armenia Of “Catastrophe” If Ties With Russia Break

Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan said Armenia’s choice between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union is existential for its economy, warning that a rupture with Russia could hit exports, farmers and the country’s economic stability.

Budget Cannot Be Filled Only Through Taxes, Duties And Fines, Jafarli Says

Azerbaijani economist Natig Jafarli says the country needs a new economic and governance model for the post-war period, arguing that budget revenues should come from growth, not heavier pressure through taxes, duties and fines.

Simonyan Frames Peace With Azerbaijan As Armenia’s Sovereignty Test

Armenian parliament speaker Alen Simonyan said Armenia must define its borders, move beyond old dependencies and treat peace with Azerbaijan as part of its new understanding of sovereignty.

Azerbaijani Embassy In Washington Hosts Independence Day Reception

AZE.US Azerbaijan’s Embassy in Washington hosted an official reception at the Kennedy Center to mark May 28, Independence Day, and Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces Day. The embassy...

EU Flag At Rasulzade Monument Sparks Dispute Over Symbolism And Force

A political dispute in Azerbaijan over an EU flag displayed near the monument to Mammad Amin Rasulzade on Independence Day has exposed poor judgment on both sides: a questionable symbolic gesture by opposition activists and an excessive reaction by those who forcibly removed the flag.

Azerbaijan Becomes Transit Bridge For Cargo Shipments To Armenia

AZE.US Azerbaijan has facilitated another cargo shipment from Russia to Armenia, with wheat and fertilizer sent by rail through Azerbaijani territory in a move that...

U.S. Has Seriously Anchored Itself In Armenia And Awaits Pashinyan Victory, Mammadov Says

AZE.US The United States has seriously anchored itself in Armenia and is waiting for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to win the upcoming parliamentary elections, Farhad...

Elections In Armenia Will Decide Fate Of Peace With Baku, Shafiyev Says

Farid Shafiyev says Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections may determine whether Yerevan moves toward a peace treaty with Azerbaijan or returns to a course that could leave the country isolated.

Renovated Cultural Center Opens in Khankendi

AZE.US President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening of the fully renovated Cultural Center in Khankendi on May 28. Elchin Yusubov, the president’s special representative in Khankendi,...

Aliyev Visits Restored Village In Shusha District

AZE.US Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Boyuk Galadarasi village in Shusha district on May 28 to review restoration work on private homes and infrastructure and...

Washington Says It Is Ready To Strengthen Ties With Baku

AZE.US The United States is interested in further strengthening its partnership with Azerbaijan and welcomes Baku’s commitment to lasting peace in the South Caucasus, U.S....

Azerbaijan Marks Independence Day

AZE.US Azerbaijan is marking Independence Day on May 28, a national holiday tied to the founding of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918. This year marks...

Pashinyan Against Moscow: Armenia Nears a Political Turn

Armenia is entering its parliamentary elections amid one of the sharpest ruptures with Russia in its modern history. Moscow is using markets, gas and political pressure. Nikol Pashinyan is trying to sell voters a different future. The real question is not whether Armenia chooses Europe or Russia, but how much it is willing to pay for leaving Moscow’s orbit.

Armenia Is Moving Away From Russia, But the Road West Will Not Be Free

By AZE.US Editorial Team Russia appears to have found another “ungrateful ally.” This time, it is Armenia. The language coming out of Moscow about Yerevan increasingly...

Rubio’s Visit to Yerevan Could Complicate Peace Process, Analyst Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani political analyst Ahmad Alili has said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Yerevan could create new complications for the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace...

Ukraine Is Holding Back Russia’s Neo-Imperial Ambitions, Azerbaijani MP Says

Azerbaijani MP Rasim Musabekov said Ukraine’s resistance to Russia is not only a fight for its own independence, but also a barrier protecting other post-Soviet states from renewed Russian pressure.

Azerbaijan and China Discuss Strategic Partnership in New York

AZE.US Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New York during a working visit, with the two sides discussing the...

Azerbaijani Lawmaker’s Proposal To Remove “Arvad” From Laws Sparks Wider Debate Over Priorities

AZE.US A debate over one Azerbaijani word has reached parliament, and it has quickly turned into something larger than language. Milli Majlis member Bahruz Maharramov has...

Armenia Talks About Europe, but Gas, Grain and Fuel Still Come From Russia, Velizade Says

AZE.US Armenia may be speaking more openly about a European path, but its real dependence on Russia remains much deeper than the political rhetoric suggests,...

Russia’s New Law On Protecting Citizens Abroad Sends A Warning To The South Caucasus

By AZE.US Editorial Team Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing the country’s armed forces to be used abroad to protect Russian citizens,...

Aliyev Chairs Agriculture Meeting as Azerbaijan Prepares Major Sector Reset

AZE.US President Ilham Aliyev chaired a meeting on agriculture in Baku, signaling a new policy push aimed at raising domestic food production, reducing import dependence...

Child Benefits Or State Survival? Azerbaijan Is Arguing About More Than Money

The latest argument over child benefits in Azerbaijan has exposed a much bigger problem. This is no longer just a welfare debate. It is about falling births, unaffordable housing, youth emigration, and whether the state is still thinking seriously about its own long-term future.

Russia Named Top Foreign Policy Threat To Azerbaijan In Caucasian Live Poll

By AZE.US Editorial Team Russia was named the leading foreign policy threat to Azerbaijan in an online poll published by the Telegram channel Caucasian Live,...

A Lawmaker Far From Ordinary Life: Why Günay Ağamalı’s Child Benefit Remarks Sparked Anger

Azerbaijani lawmaker Günay Ağamalı’s argument against restoring child benefits has triggered public anger because many saw it as more than a policy position. To critics, it sounded like a revealing example of how far some parliamentary rhetoric has drifted from the financial reality facing ordinary families.

WUF13 Is Over. What Did Azerbaijan Actually Gain From It?

The World Urban Forum in Baku was not just another international event on Azerbaijan’s calendar. It gave the country a platform to connect postwar reconstruction, housing, urban resilience and global diplomacy in one narrative.

Ramiz Mehdiyev Case Tests Azerbaijan’s Promise Of Equal Accountability

AZE.US The criminal case against Ramiz Mehdiyev, Azerbaijan’s former presidential chief of staff and one of the most influential political figures of the post-Soviet era,...

“300,000 Azerbaijanis In Armenia”: How Election Fear Becomes A Political Slogan

AZE.US Armenian politics is again using Azerbaijanis as a convenient object of fear. Samvel Karapetyan, a candidate for Armenia’s premiership, has said that if he comes...

Aliyev Discusses WUF13, Karabakh Reconstruction With UN Deputy Secretary-General

AZE.US Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on May 21 received United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed in Baku, as Azerbaijan continues to host the 13th session...

Azerbaijani, French presidents discuss bilateral ties by phone

AZE.US Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received a phone call from French President Emmanuel Macron. According to a post shared by President Aliyev on X, the sides...

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