Considering Azerbaijan spans two continents, has a colourful history dating back millennia and a culture influenced by surrounding countries from Russia to Armenia, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that this country is a melting pot of creativity. Just half a decade ago, even Azerbaijanis looked elsewhere for fashionable finds, as designer Nazrin …
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Sunday that he has proposed the signing of a non aggression pact to Azerbaijan, pending a comprehensive peace treaty between the arch-foe Caucasus neighbours. Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 21:41Modified: 28/01/2024 – 22:28 1 min Yerevan and Baku have fought two wars — in 2020 and in the 1990s …
Azerbaijan told France Wednesday not to “intervene” in its internal affairs after Baku arrested a Frenchman on espionage charges with tensions running high between the two countries. Issued on: 10/01/2024 – 11:48 1 min Baku has accused France of supporting Azerbaijan’s arch-enemy Armenia, both diplomatically and militarily, and of seeking to fuel tensions in the …
Azerbaijan’s ecology minister and former oil executive Mukhtar Babayev was on Friday appointed to lead the United Nations’ annual climate talks in a move that has sparked concern among NGOs and environmentalists who voiced similar worries over last year’s COP28 chair Sultan Al Jaber, chief of the United Arab Emirates’ national oil company. Issued on: 07/01/2024 – 17:54Modified: 07/01/2024 – 17:57 4 min For the …
Last week, an outstanding investment forum was orchestrated in Baku, uniting businesspeople from both Türkiye and Azerbaijan. In recent years, the relations between Türkiye and Azerbaijan have been exceptional. Business leaders are diligently working to expand cooperation beyond military and political ties, ensuring it is also reflected in business and cultural spheres. Hüseyin Büyükfırat, president …
Dubai: For years, climate change has been a factor – not the only one – in wars and conflicts. Now for the first time, it’s part of a peace deal. A long-time stand-off that had turned the choice for next year’s United Nations climate talks into a melodrama and mystery resolved as part of a …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Next year’s COP29 climate summit is set to take place in oil-rich Azerbaijan after Eastern European countries resolved a political deadlock on Saturday. Geopolitical tensions had left the 2024 conference in limbo for months, with Russia blocking EU countries from hosting and feuding neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan vetoing each other. But …
Armenia’s parliament voted Tuesday to join the International Criminal Court, a move that further strains the country’s ties with its old ally Russia after the court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin over events in Ukraine. Issued on: 03/10/2023 – 13:51Modified: 03/10/2023 – 13:54 1 min Moscow last month called Yerevan’s effort to …
ByABC7.com staff Friday, September 29, 2023 4:50AM LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The humanitarian crisis at the Armenian border with Azerbaijan is growing by the hour. Ten of thousands of refugees are fleeing the Armenian enclave of Artsakh. Representatives of the Armenian National Committee of America are closely monitoring the situation. Nearly 100,000 people have flooded …
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will meet Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Monday as ethnic Armenians fled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after a lightening military operation that has changed the contours of the South Caucasus. Issued on: 25/09/2023 – 08:56 3 min The Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, were forced into …