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Armenia, Azerbaijan Make New Push For Peace In Berlin

Germany on Wednesday hailed the "courageous steps" taken by Armenia and Azerbaijan as the Caucasus neighbours began peace talks in Berlin, in a new push to resolve a decades-long conflict.

International Business Times

US-Azerbaijan Relations: Strengthening Strategic Ties Amidst Geopolitical Challenges

Azerbaijan's rich history, cultural diversity, and geopolitical significance pave the way for enhanced collaboration with the US.

Zenger

UK criticised over apparent call to firms to rebuild disputed areas of Azerbaijan

Officials held online meeting with business leaders despite flight of ethnic Armenians after military takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh

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How France became the target of Azerbaijan's smear campaign

What do the absence of French observers at Azerbaijan's February 7 presidential election, a group denouncing "French colonialism" and an online campaign targeting the 2024 Paris Olympics have in common? They are three facets of a new offensive strategy adopted by Azerbaijani diplomacy towards France. FRANCE 24 investigated this shift…

France 24

Poll observers say Azerbaijan presidential vote marred by irregularities

Ilham Aliyev wins expected landslide victory, but OSCE monitors say vote was ‘restrictive’ and ‘not competitive’.

Al Jazeera

Azerbaijani Snap Election Expected to Extend President Aliyev's Term

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is expected to win another term in a snap election following the country's swift reclaiming of the Karabakh region from ...

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Aliyev in the lead to win Azerbaijan’s presidential election

Early tallies showed President Aliyev’s significant lead as 54.5 percent of electoral precincts declared results.

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Aliyev: Azerbaijan Strongman Buoyed By War Victory

Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev, who will likely sail to a fifth presidential term in Wednesday's election, is cementing his hardline rule after securing a historic victory over Armenian separatists.

International Business Times

Azerbaijan President Poised For Re-election After Karabakh Win

A crackdown on independent media and the absence of any real opposition add to the certainty of an easy win for Aliyev, whose troops recaptured the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave in September.

International Business Times

Jetsetting Orbán is speed-dating global strongmen – but at what cost?

Hungarian PM met a who’s who of rightwing leaders on his travels in 2023, as critics point to failures at home

The Guardian - UK

Frenchman arrested in Azerbaijan for 'espionage'

Azerbaijan authorities arrested a Frenchman on espionage charges in December, the Azerbaijani ambassador to France said Tuesday. The annoucement comes amid rising tensions between Baku and Paris.

Radio France Internationale

Cop29 host Azerbaijan to hike gas output by a third over next decade

Environmentalists condemn news of higher forecast production which is also seen as a conservative forecast

The Guardian - UK

A guide to all the world elections taking place in 2024, democracy's biggest year

From the UK and USA to Russia and Ukraine, more than 1.5 billion people will head to the polls this year in a record-breaking number of national elections. Emma Loffhagen unpacks what we can expect from democracy's biggest year

Evening Standard

France expels two Azerbaijan diplomats in 'reciprocity' move

France has declared two employees of Azerbaijan's embassy persona non grata in a move of "reciprocity", the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

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The Guardian - UK

Azerbaijan close to peace agreement with Armenia, officials say

Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev has met Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan for bilateral talks in St Petersburg

Radio France Internationale

Azerbaijan expels two French diplomats

Azerbaijan's foreign ministry said Tuesday that two French diplomats had been ordered to leave over actions "incompatible with their diplomatic status."

International Business Times

Karabakh Dissolution Not Valid, Says Separatist Leader

The leader of Armenian separatists, who were ousted from the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan this year, on Friday said his previous decree ordering the dissolution of separatist institutions was not valid.

International Business Times

Armenia, Azerbaijan Exchange War Prisoners

Armenia and Azerbaijan on Wednesday swapped prisoners of war, a first step towards normalising relations since Baku retook control of the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in a one-day autumn offensive.

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Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree To Take Steps Towards Normalization

The Caucasus neighbors have long fought over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan reclaimed after a lightning offensive against Armenian separatists in September.

Al Jazeera

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to take steps towards normalisation

EU, US welcome statement in which two sides agree to exchange prisoners of war and Armenia backs Azerbaijan COP29 bid.

International Business Times

Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree To Take Steps Towards Normalisation

Arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan said Thursday they would exchange prisoners of war and work towards normalising their relations, in a joint statement hailed by the EU as a "breakthrough".

Al Jazeera

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev calls snap presidential elections for February

The president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has ordered elections to be held earlier than scheduled.

Radio France Internationale

Azerbaijan accuses France of stoking 'new wars' in Caucasus

President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday accused France of inciting conflicts in the Caucasus by arming Azerbaijan's longtime rival Armenia, with which it has fought two wars.

The Guardian - UK

BP projects have helped fund Azerbaijan military aggression, say campaigners

Exclusive: Global Witness claims UK firm has indirectly helped fund aggression against ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh

Radio France Internationale

Turkey, Iran put rivalries aside as Gaza conflict provides common ground

Iran's Foreign Minister visited the Turkish capital this week amid growing regional rivalry as Ankara seeks to expand its influence from the Caucasus to Central Asia. But the conflict in the Middle East is, for now, providing some common ground.

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