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Russia-Azerbaijan tension escalates following deadly Russian police operation
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN) Tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan have sharply escalated following a deadly Russian police operation targeting an alleged ethnic Azerbaijani crime network. The incident, which left two suspects dead, has triggered a wave of...
Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry raids Russian media organization
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry confirmed that it had conducted a raid on the Baku bureau of the Russian state-run news outlet Sputnik, in what appears to be a response to growing diplomatic tensions between Baku and Moscow. Local reports...
Azerbaijan Raids Russian News Agency Office
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) The Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan has revealed that it carried out a search operation at the Baku bureau of the Russian media outlet Sputnik. This action follows increasing frictions between the two countries, which intensified after...
Russia Regrets Azerbaijan's Cultural Boycott
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia expressed regret on Monday over Azerbaijan’s choice to cancel scheduled cultural programs involving Russian organizations after a deadly police operation in Yekaterinburg resulted in the deaths of Azerbaijani nationals. “We are...
Russia Dismisses Azerbaijan’s Objections Over Detained Ethnic Azerbaijanis
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) On Saturday, the Russian Foreign Ministry dismissed Azerbaijan’s objections regarding the detention of several ethnic Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg, clarifying that those arrested are Russian citizens suspected of serious offenses...
Russia Rejects Azerbaijan’s Protest over Yekaterinburg Raids
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) The Russian Foreign Ministry on Saturday rejected Azerbaijan’s objection concerning the arrest of several ethnic Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg, clarifying that these individuals are Russian citizens suspected of committing serious crimes...
Concerns Mount Over Azerbaijan’s Use of UFC Baku Debut to Cover Up Genocide
EIN Presswire
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June 18, 2025
Armenian National Committee of America Urges UFC to Speak Out Against Azerbaijan’s War Crimes and Human Rights Abuses WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, June 18, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) decision to make its...
Ilham Aliyev received credentials of incoming ambassador of Republic of Korea to Azerbaijan
President of Azerbaijan
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June 15, 2025
AZERBAIJAN, June 15 - 15 June 2025, 12:06 President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the credentials of Kang Kymgu, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea, on June 15. The...
Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, held a telephone conversation with Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
President of Azerbaijan
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June 7, 2025
AZERBAIJAN, June 7 - 07 June 2025, 14:50 On June 7, Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, held a telephone conversation with Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif...
Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the establishment of the Organizing Committee for the 13th session of the United Nations World Urban Forum (WUF13)
President of Azerbaijan
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June 5, 2025
AZERBAIJAN, June 5 - Guided by Article 109, paragraph 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and with the aim of ensuring the organization and hosting of the 13th session of the United Nations World Urban Forum (WUF13), I hereby...
Summit of Azerbaijani President, Turkish President, and Pakistani Prime Minister started in Lachin
President of Azerbaijan
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May 28, 2025
AZERBAIJAN, May 28 - A Summit with the participation of Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Türkiye, and Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of...
Erdogan Praises Azerbaijan’s Strength, Independence
MENAFN
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May 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Turkish Leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan extended his congratulations to Azerbaijan on its Independence Day during a speech on Wednesday, praising the country’s success in Karabakh as a beacon for a more powerful future. Speaking in Lachin—a...
From Lee Ju-ho, Acting President, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of the Republic of Korea
President of Azerbaijan
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May 27, 2025
AZERBAIJAN, May 27 - 27 May 2025, 11:38 His Excellency Mr. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Excellency, On the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic of Azerbaijan, I would like to extend my warmest congratulations...
Azerbaijan, Vietnam exchanged signed documents
President of Azerbaijan
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May 7, 2025
AZERBAIJAN, May 7 - A document exchange ceremony between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was held on May 7, with the participation of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and General Secretary of the Central...
Congratulatory letter from Petr Glybochko, Rector of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, to Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva, First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, on the occasion of 28 May – Independence Day
President of Azerbaijan
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May 23, 2025
AZERBAIJAN, May 23 - 23 May 2025, 14:38 Esteemed First Vice-President Mehriban khanum, Please accept the assurances of my highest consideration, and allow me to extend my congratulations to you and the people of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the...
U.S. Working to Stop Azerbaijani Invasion of Armenia, Says Secretary of State Rubio
EIN Presswire
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May 22, 2025
Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) Press Trump Administration to Enforce Section 907; Secure Azerbaijan’s Release of Armenian Prisoners WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, May 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio...
To the participants of the international conference on “Return to Western Azerbaijan as an Important Condition for the Supremacy of Human Rights”
President of Azerbaijan
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May 21, 2025
AZERBAIJAN, May 21 - Dear conference participants, I sincerely welcome you, the participants of the international conference on “Return to Western Azerbaijan as an Important Condition for the Supremacy of Human Rights” being held in Ankara, and...
Baku hosted Azerbaijan-Iran business forum
President of Azerbaijan
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April 28, 2025
AZERBAIJAN, April 28 - An Azerbaijan-Iran business forum was held at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku on April 28. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Masoud Pezeshkian, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, attended...
Azerbaijan and Iran exchanged the signed documents
President of Azerbaijan
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April 28, 2025
AZERBAIJAN, April 28 - On April 28th, a ceremony was held to exchange documents signed between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the participation of Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, and Masoud Pezeshkian,...
Azerbaijan and China signed Joint Statement on Establishment of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
President of Azerbaijan
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April 23, 2025
AZERBAIJAN, April 23 - The “Joint Statement on the Establishment of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the People’s Republic of China” was signed in Beijing on April 23 during the state visit of President...