The Latest Breaking News from Baku

In a direct statement at the Munich Security Conference, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev declared that Russia “deliberately attacked” the Azerbaijani embassy and its infrastructure in Ukraine even after Baku supplied Moscow with the coordinates of its diplomatic missions.

The decision to become a founding member of the “Board of Peace” marks Baku’s attempt to translate regional clout into international weight, while navigating sensitive regional dynamics with Iran.

Grain wagons from Russia were dispatched to Armenia via Azerbaijan Sunday as part of the normalisation process between Baku and Yerevan, totalling 1,746 tonnes.

The Israeli foreign minister discussed cooperation in energy, defence and tourism. Israel supports Iranian protesters, while Baku monitors its ethnic Azeri population in Iran.

Azerbaijan is set to overhaul its national water management system this year, introducing an integrated, digital and climate-adaptive framework.

This marks the second regional train service that is not connected to Baku and operates outside the capital.

In his annual end-of-year press conference, Azerbaijan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov summed up the progress made in the reconciliation process with Armenia and looked ahead to its future.

Survivors and relatives are seeking justice as the first anniversary approaches of the Azerbaijan Airlines crash that killed 38 people after a Russian air defence missile struck next to it mid-flight, causing critical damage.

Baku has set an ambitious national target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by 2030 and 40% by 2050.

Baku hosted the first-ever D-8 Media Forum, part of the ongoing D-8 Week in Azerbaijan. Since joining as a full member in March 2025, Azerbaijan is deepening its cooperation with the Developing-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation (D-8).

In recent years, more and more lobbyists from the oil, gas and coal industries have taken part in international climate negotiations. Estimates of lobbyist numbers have risen sharply, from 503 at the 2021 Glasgow talks to 1,773 at last year’s talks in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku.