Latest Articles about Azerbaijan

AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT FINALLY INVITED TO WASHINGTON

On June 7, Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov made a sensational announcement. According to him, President Ilham Aliev plans an official visit to the United States, and Azerbaijan's ambassador to Washington, Hafiz Pashayev, is in talks to determine the date of the visit. The news,... MORE

TURKEY, GEORGIA, AZERBAIJAN LAUNCH NEW STRATEGIC RAILWAY PROJECT

While the May 25 opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline garnered considerable media interest, a second initiative has received less attention. On the sidelines of the BTC ceremony, the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, and Turkey's President Akhmed Nedget Sezer... MORE

BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN OIL PIPELINE INAUGURATED

The first stage of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil export pipeline was officially inaugurated on May 25 at the Sangachal shore terminal, south of Baku. The presidents of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan, as well as BP President Lord John Browne, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman,... MORE

BAKU AND ASTANA PLAY IT SAFE IN CASPIAN OIL BATTLE

Until Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev made a landmark trip to Baku on May 25, marking Kazakhstan's decisive move towards joining the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline project, bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan had shown few signs of progress. Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliev visited Kazakhstan in March 2004,... MORE

SLOW CADRE REFORM HINDERS ALIEV’S DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

On April 26, while visiting Shemakha, a town 100 kilometers away from Baku, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliev was confronted by numerous complaints about rising prices in the country as well as the lack of employment opportunities. Yet, the most striking comment came from a senior... MORE