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The energy partnership between Azerbaijan and the European Union is no longer limited to the familiar formula of gas supplies, transit routes and ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Daughter of Political Prisoner in Azerbaijan: Gov’t Is Using COP29 as Chance to “Enrich the Regime”
In Baku, Azerbaijan, Democracy Now! continues our coverage of the 2024 U.N. climate summit and its host country’s record on human rights. “Considering that our economy is completely relying on oil and ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Western narratives on Azerbaijan’s religious landscape miss bigger picture [OPINION]
The latest report published by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom regarding Azerbaijan raises serious questions about the objectivity, balance, and political motivations ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Make Azerbaijan Release Its Political Prisoners | Opinion
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Despite its claims to the contrary, the South Caucasus nation of ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Azerbaijan's Entry Turns Central Asia's C5 Into a Geopolitical Heavyweight
On 16 November 2025, at the Seventh Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia, the presidents of the “C5,” the Central Asia republics of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Why America needs Azerbaijan as a bulwark against Iran | Opinion
Azerbaijan is the bulwark against two U.S. adversaries — Iran and Russia — and Washington should deepen its strategic presence in the South Caucasus accordingly. That means expanding security ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Azerbaijan holds high-level talks with EU on green energy, regional security (PHOTO)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 20. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov received a delegation led by Olof Skoog, Political Director of the European External Action Service and Deputy Secretary-General ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Armenians deserve more than a transactional peace deal with Azerbaijan
On Aug. 8, as the White House hosted the trilateral signing of a peace agreement between Armenia, Azerbaijan and the United States, I spoke to a group of Armenian high school students from Los Angeles ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Asadov: Azerbaijan seeks closer cooperation with Belarus
BAKU, 5 May (BelTA) - Azerbaijan aims to further deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with Belarus, Prime Minister Ali Asadov of Azerbaijan said as he met with Belarusian Prime Minister Aleksandr ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Azerbaijan and Türkiye hold next consular consultations
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 13. The next consular consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan and Türkiye have been held in Ankara, a source in the Azerbaijani MFA told Trend ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: How Azerbaijan turned urban diplomacy into a global political platform
The 13th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13), hosted in Baku, belongs to the latter category, News.az reports. *** What was formally a forum ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Azerbaijan: Crackdown on political opposition intensified in 2025
"Azerbaijani authorities should immediately release all individuals detained solely for peaceful political activity, [and] lift restrictions on political opposition" - HRW This statement was ...