The Latest Breaking News from Azerbaijan

Putin talks to Azeri president, discusses disputed southern Caucasus region

Russian President Vladimir Putin talked to Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev and noted the importance of ensuring stability and security in the southern Caucasus region, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Feb 14, 2023

Commentary: We can’t let history repeat itself with the siege of Nagorno-Karabakh

The world watched and allowed a brutal genocide three decades ago in the Bosnian city of Srebrenica. A tragically similar crisis is looming again. Global leaders know how this could end, and they have no excuse to stand by. Indeed, they are bound by law and human decency to intervene…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 1, 2023

Azerbaijan Targets Iranian ‘Espionage Network’

Azerbaijani security forces arrested at least seven people in a raid on the headquarters of a pro-Iranian news website in Baku. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry meanwhile, called on its citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to Iran, days after an attack by armed men on the country’s embassy in Tehran killed…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2023

Armenia tells World Court Azerbaijan blockade is 'ethnic cleansing'

Armenia told judges at the World Court on Monday that a blockade of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region by neighbouring Azerbaijan was designed to allow "ethnic cleansing", a claim rejected by Baku.

Reuters · Jan 30, 2023

Armenia urges UN court to order Azerbaijan to end road block

Armenia is pleading with judges of the United Nations’ highest court on Monday to order Azerbaijan to break up a road blockade that is isolating the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, calling the action part of an act of “ethnic cleansing.”

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023

Watch: World Court holds hearings in tit-for-tat Armenia-Azerbaijan cases

Judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague heard requests for additional emergency measures as part of tit-for-tat cases filed by Armenia and Azerbaijan at the World Court in 2021 today, 30 January.

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023

Azerbaijan to Evacuate Embassy in Iran After Attack

Azerbaijan will evacuate embassy staff and family members from Iran on Sunday, the foreign ministry said, two days after a gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people in an attack Baku branded an "act of terrorism". Police in Tehran have said they had arrested a suspect…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 30, 2023

Egypt, Azerbaijan Call to Eliminate Financing Terrorist Organizations

Egypt and Azerbaijan asserted the need for concerted efforts of the international community to combat terrorism and extremism at all levels, particularly financing terrorist groups and providing them with weapons and terrorist elements. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, and held talks with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 29, 2023

Azerbaijan to evacuate embassy in Iran on Sunday after fatal shooting

Azerbaijan will evacuate embassy staff and family members from Iran on Sunday, the foreign ministry said, two days after a gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people in an attack Baku branded an "act of terrorism".

Reuters · Jan 29, 2023

Iran says embassy attack should not affect Azerbaijan relations

Iran and Azerbaijan disagree on whether Friday’s attack on the Azeri embassy in Tehran constituted a ‘terrorist act’.

Al Jazeera · Jan 29, 2023