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The Republic of Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, the World Health Organization, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; the Council of Europe, CFE Treaty, the Community of Democracies; the International Monetary Fund; and the World Bank.
Diplomatic relations
Azerbaijan maintains diplomatic relations with 185 United Nations member states, the State of Palestine and the Holy See.[1][2] Azerbaijan does not have diplomatic relations with the following countries:
Azerbaijan also maintains good relations with the European Union, in the framework of its Eastern European Neighbourhood Policy (See Azerbaijan and the European Union).
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List of countries which Azerbaijan maintains diplomatic relations with:
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14 January 1992 |
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21 January 1992 |
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21 January 1992 |
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30 January 1992 |
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6 February 1992 |
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10 February 1992 |
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11 February 1992 |
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20 February 1992 |
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20 February 1992 |
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21 February 1992 |
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21 February 1992 |
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24 February 1992 |
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25 February 1992 |
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26 February 1992 |
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28 February 1992[4] |
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28 February 1992 |
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11 March 1992 |
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11 March 1992 |
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11 March 1992 |
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12 March 1992 |
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16 March 1992 |
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23 March 1992 |
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24 March 1992 |
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27 March 1992 |
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27 March 1992 |
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27 March 1992 |
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28 March 1992 |
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30 March 1992 |
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1 April 1992 |
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2 April 1992 |
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2 April 1992 |
32 | ![]() |
2 April 1992[5] |
33 | ![]() |
4 April 1992 |
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7 April 1992 |
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15 April 1992 |
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16 April 1992 |
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20 April 1992 |
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27 April 1992 |
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29 April 1992 |
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8 May 1992 |
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8 May 1992 |
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23 May 1992 |
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29 May 1992 |
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29 May 1992 |
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1 June 1992 |
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5 June 1992 |
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5 June 1992 |
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5 June 1992 |
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9 June 1992 |
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9 June 1992 |
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17 June 1992[6] |
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19 June 1992 |
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19 June 1992 |
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29 June 1992 |
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7 July 1992 |
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10 July 1992 |
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13 July 1992 |
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25 July 1992 |
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4 August 1992 |
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27 August 1992 |
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28 August 1992 |
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30 August 1992 |
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1 September 1992[7] |
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7 September 1992 |
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11 September 1992 |
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23 September 1992 |
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24 September 1992 |
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28 September 1992 |
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23 October 1992 |
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2 November 1992 |
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18 November 1992 |
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19 January 1993 |
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29 January 1993 |
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13 February 1993 |
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5 April 1993 |
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26 May 1993 |
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11 June 1993 |
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23 September 1993 |
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8 November 1993 |
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18 November 1993 |
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11 January 1994 |
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22 April 1994 |
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15 August 1994 |
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14 September 1994[8] |
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10 October 1994 |
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29 October 1994 |
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1 November 1994 |
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2 November 1994 |
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3 November 1994 |
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11 November 1994 |
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16 November 1994 |
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23 November 1994 |
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1 December 1994 |
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12 December 1994 |
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22 December 1994 |
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28 December 1994 |
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9 January 1995 |
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11 January 1995 |
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26 January 1995 |
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9 February 1995 |
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24 February 1995 |
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28 February 1995 |
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2 March 1995 |
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13 March 1995 |
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22 March 1995[9] |
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5 April 1995[10] |
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6 April 1995 |
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12 May 1995 |
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22 May 1995 |
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20 June 1995 |
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28 June 1995 |
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19 August 1995 |
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1 September 1995[11] |
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2 October 1995 |
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10 October 1995 |
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20 November 1995 |
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22 November 1995 |
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24 November 1995 |
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20 February 1996 |
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14 March 1996 |
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30 April 1996 |
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22 May 1996 |
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25 June 1996 |
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1 July 1996 |
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8 July 1996 |
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19 July 1996 |
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1 October 1996 |
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22 October 1996 |
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6 November 1996[12] |
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19 November 1996 |
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23 November 1996 |
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26 November 1996 |
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15 January 1997 |
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21 August 1997 |
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27 February 1998 |
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1 July 1998 |
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23 March 1999 |
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3 August 1999 |
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14 October 1999 |
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11 February 2000[13] |
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19 April 2002 |
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24 June 2002[13] |
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9 May 2003[13] |
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23 May 2003[13] |
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22 March 2004 |
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22 March 2004[14] |
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22 March 2004 |
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5 April 2004[13] |
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5 April 2004 |
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20 April 2004 |
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20 April 2004 |
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21 May 2004 |
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28 May 2004[15] |
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28 May 2004 |
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28 May 2004 |
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11 November 2004 |
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11 November 2004[13] |
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15 June 2006[13] |
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27 November 2007[16] |
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19 December 2007 |
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24 April 2008 |
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24 October 2008 |
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9 September 2009[13] |
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7 January 2010 |
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1 February 2010[17] |
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10 March 2010[13] |
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11 March 2010[13] |
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18 March 2010 |
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23 September 2010[18] |
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28 December 2010 |
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8 February 2011[13] |
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4 March 2011[19] |
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11 April 2011[20] |
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23 September 2011 |
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28 September 2012[21] |
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23 October 2012 |
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7 February 2013 |
176 | ![]() |
2 May 2017[13] |
177 | ![]() |
22 September 2017[13] |
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19 January 2018[22] |
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1 February 2018[13] |
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25 September 2018 |
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7 February 2019 |
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2 August 2019[13] |
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17 October 2019 |
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7 February 2023[23] |
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5 May 2023[13] |
Information on some of the countries with which Azerbaijan maintains formal relations
Multilateral
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1996[24] | See Azerbaijan–European Union relations |
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1992[25] | See Azerbaijan–NATO relations |
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2009[26] | See Azerbaijan–Turkic Council relations |
Africa
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31 May 2004[27] | See Azerbaijan–Burkina Faso relations |
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23 October 2011[28] | See Azerbaijan–DR Congo relations |
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22 October 1996[29] | See Azerbaijan–Djibouti relations |
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2 November 1992[30] | See Azerbaijan–Ethiopia relations
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11 November 1994[31] | See Azerbaijan–Gambia relations |
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31 May 2004[27] | See Azerbaijan–Kenya relations |
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16 March 1992[32] | See Azerbaijan–Libya relations |
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25 December 1992[33] | See Azerbaijan–Morocco relations
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10 October 1995[34] | See Azerbaijan–Niger relations |
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14 March 1996[35] | See Azerbaijan—Senegal relations |
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29 April 1992[36] | See Azerbaijan–South Africa relations
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1 July 1998[37] | See Azerbaijan–Tunisia relations |
Americas
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8 November 1992[38] | See Argentina–Azerbaijan relations
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21 October 1993[41] | See Azerbaijan–Brazil relations |
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10 July 1992[44] | See Azerbaijan–Canada relations |
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11 January 1995[47] | See Azerbaijan–Chile relations
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13 December 1994[48] | See Azerbaijan–Colombia relations |
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27 March 1992[50] | See Azerbaijan–Cuba relations
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22 March 2004[51] | See Azerbaijan–Ecuador relations |
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14 January 1992[52] | See Azerbaijan–Mexico relations
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10 February 1994[55] | See Azerbaijan–Nicaragua relations
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20 April 2004[57] | See Azerbaijan–Paraguay relations |
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25 June 1996[58] | See Azerbaijan–Peru relations |
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1919, 28 February 1992 |
See Azerbaijan–United States relations
On 25 December 1991 President George H. W. Bush announced that the United States recognized the independence of all 12 former Soviet republics, including Azerbaijan.[60]
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12 January 1995[63] | See Azerbaijan–Uruguay relations
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12 May 1995[64] | See Azerbaijan–Venezuela relations
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Asia
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1918–1921
Armenia and Azerbaijan does not have formal relations since that time |
See Armenia–Azerbaijan relations, First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Second Nagorno-Karabakh war
The neighboring nations of Armenia and Azerbaijan have had formal governmental relations between 1918 and 1921, when both countries were briefly independent. The two nations have fought three wars in the 1918–20 (Armenian–Azerbaijani War), the 1988–94 (Nagorno-Karabakh War), and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, with the last two ending in ceasefire agreements - the Bishkek Protocol and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement respectively. There are no formal diplomatic relations between the two countries, because of the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and dispute. In 2008, Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev declared, "Nagorno Karabakh will never be independent; the position is backed by international mediators as well; Armenia has to accept the reality," and "in 1918, Yerevan was granted to the Armenians. It was a great mistake. The khanate of Iravan was the Azerbaijani territory, the Armenians were guests here."[65] During the Soviet period, many Armenians and Azerbaijanis lived side by side in peace. However, when Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the policies of Glasnost and Perestroika, the majority of Armenians from the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan SSR began a movement to unify with the Armenian SSR. In 1988, the Armenians of Karabakh voted to secede and join Armenia. This, along with mutual massacres in Azerbaijan and Armenia resulted in the conflict that became known as the Nagorno-Karabakh War. The violence resulted in de facto Armenian control of former NKAO and seven surrounding Azerbaijani regions, which was effectively halted when both sides agrees to observe a cease-fire, which has since been in effect since May 1994, and in late 1995 both also agreed to mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group. The Minsk Group is currently co-chaired by the U.S., France, and Russia and comprises Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and several Western European nations. Despite the cease fire, up to 40 clashes are reported along the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict lines of control each year.[citation needed] The two countries are still technically at war. Citizens of the Republic of Armenia, as well as citizens of any other country who are of Armenian descent, are forbidden entry to the Republic of Azerbaijan. If a person's passport shows any evidence of travel to Nagorno-Karabakh, they are forbidden entry to the Republic of Azerbaijan.[66] In 2008, in what became known as the 2008 Mardakert Skirmishes, Armenia and Azerbaijan clashed over Nagorno-Karabakh. The fighting between the two sides was brief, with few casualties on either side.[67] As of July 2020, the new round of military escalation along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan continued, thus making it one of the most explosive regions in Eurasia.[68] On 27 September 2020, a new military conflict emerged between Azerbaijan and Armenia.[69] The following day, on 28 September 2020, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree declaring a partial military mobilisation following clashes with Armenian forces over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.[70] An armistice agreement between the two countries was signed on 10 November 2020, returning control of the territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan. |
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6 November 1996[71] | See Azerbaijan–Bahrain relations
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30 December 1991[72] | See Azerbaijan–Bangladesh relations
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2 April 1992 | See Azerbaijan–China relations
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28 February 1992 | See Azerbaijan-India relations |
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24 September 1992 | See Azerbaijan-Indonesia relations
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1918, 12 March 1992 |
See Azerbaijan–Iran relations
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2 January 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Iraq relations
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7 April 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Israel relations |
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7 September 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Japan relations
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13 February 1993[79][80] | See Azerbaijan–Jordan relations |
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27 August 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Kazakhstan relations
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10 October 1994[81] | See Azerbaijan–Kuwait relations
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19 January 1993 | See Azerbaijan-Kyrgyzstan relations
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22 May 1995 | See Azerbaijan–Laos relations |
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18 September 1992[82] | See Azerbaijan–Lebanon relations
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31 December 1991 | See Azerbaijan–Malaysia relations
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14 September 1994 | See Azerbaijan–Qatar relations
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9 June 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Pakistan relations
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15 April 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Palestine relations
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27 March 1992[88] | See Azerbaijan–Philippines relations |
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24 February 1992[89] | See Azerbaijan–Saudi Arabia relations
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23 March 1992 | See Azerbaijan–South Korea relations |
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12 February 1992[93] | See Azerbaijan–Sri Lanka relations
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28 March 1992[94] | See Azerbaijan–Syria relations
Syria is accredited to Azerbaijan from its embassy in Tehran, Iran. |
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29 May 1992[95] | See Azerbaijan–Tajikistan relations
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7 July 1992[96] | See Azerbaijan–Thailand relations
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14 Jan. 1992[97] | See Azerbaijan–Turkey relations
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9 June 1992[99] | See Azerbaijan–Turkmenistan relations
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1 September 1992[101] | See Azerbaijan–United Arab Emirates relations
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2 October 1995[102] | See Azerbaijan–Uzbekistan relations
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23 September 1992[103] | See Azerbaijan–Vietnam relations |
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25 February 1992[104] | See Azerbaijan–Yemen relations
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Europe
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23 September 1992[105] | See Albania–Azerbaijan relations
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20 February 1992 | See Austria–Azerbaijan relations
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11 June 1993 | See Azerbaijan–Belarus relations
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17 June 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Belgium relations
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19 February 1995[110] | See Azerbaijan–Bosnia and Herzegovina relations
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5 June 1992 | See Azerbaijan—Bulgaria relations
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26 January 1995 | See Azerbaijan–Croatia relations
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Azerbaijan formally recognizes the government of the Republic of Cyprus as the sole representative of the island, but has not yet established diplomatic relations with Cyprus. The parliament of Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic issued a resolution recognizing the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as a sovereign state. While this recognition is not regarded by Azerbaijan and internationally as 'official state-to-state', Azerbaijan itself maintained cordial unofficial relations with the TRNC. In 2004, Azerbaijan threatened to formally recognize the TRNC if the Annan Plan was voted down by the Greek Cypriots (who rejected the plan in one of twin referendums held 24 April 2004 in both the Greek and Turkish zones simultaneously), but backed off the threat when it was pointed out by Cyprus that doing so would be hypocritical, as a portion of its territory just like that of Cyprus itself is under occupation and would probably result in negative impact on its ongoing dispute with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh.[115] | |
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29 January 1993 | See Azerbaijan–Czech Republic relations
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2 April 1992[117] | See Azerbaijan-Denmark relations
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20 April 1992 | See Azerbaijan-Estonia relations |
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24 March 1992 | |
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21 February 1992 | See Azerbaijan—France relations
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1918, 18 November 1992 |
See Azerbaijan–Georgia relations
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20 February 1992[122] | See Azerbaijan–Germany relations
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2 April 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Greece relations
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23 May 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Holy See relations
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27 April 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Hungary relations
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27 February 1998[128] | See Azerbaijan–Iceland relations |
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1 July 1996 | See Azerbaijan–Ireland relations |
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8 May 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Italy relations
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11 January 1994 | See Azerbaijan—Latvia relations
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21 January 1992[133] | See Azerbaijan–Liechtenstein relations |
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27 November 1995 | See Azerbaijan—Lithuania relations
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21 December 1991[134] | See Azerbaijan–Moldova relations
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19 December 2007[135] | See Azerbaijan–Monaco relations |
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24 April 2008 | See Azerbaijan–Montenegro relations
Azerbaijan recognized the independence of Montenegro on 24 July 2006. On 24 April 2008, diplomatic relations between these two countries were established. |
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1 April 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Netherlands relations
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28 June 1995[138] | See Azerbaijan—North Macedonia relations
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21 February 1992 | See Azerbaijan-Poland relations
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5 June 1992[139] | See Azerbaijan–Portugal relations
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21 June 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Romania relations
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4 April 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Russia relations
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19 April 2002[141] | See Azerbaijan–San Marino relations
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21 August 1997 | See Azerbaijan–Serbia relations |
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23 November 1993[142] | See Azerbaijan–Slovakia relations
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20 February 1996[143] | See Azerbaijan–Slovenia relations
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11 February 1992[144] | See Azerbaijan–Spain relations
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8 May 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Sweden relations
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21 January 1992 | See Azerbaijan–Switzerland relations
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1919, 6 February 1992 |
See Azerbaijan–Ukraine relations
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1918, 11 March 1992 |
See Azerbaijan – United Kingdom relations
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Oceania
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19 June 1992[154] | See Australia–Azerbaijan relations
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29 June 1992[155] | See Azerbaijan—New Zealand relations
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International organizations
AsDB BSEC CE CIS EAPC EBRD ECE ECO ESCAP FAO GUAM IAEA IBRD ICAO ICRM IDA IDB IFAD IFC IFRCS ILO IMF IMO Interpol IOC, IOM ISO (correspondent) ITU ITUC OAS (observer) OIC OPCW OSCE PFP United Nations UNCTAD UNESCO UNIDO UPU WCO WFTU WHO WIPO WMO WToO WTO(observer)
Other entities
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta – there are no relations
- States with limited recognition
Disputes
Nagorno-Karabakh/Azerbaijan
The frozen conflict over currently largely Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh within the Republic of Azerbaijan began when in 1988 the Armenian majority of Nagorno-Karabakh demanded autonomy with demonstrations and persecutions against ethnic Azeris following in Armenia. This led to anti-Armenian rioting in Azerbaijan, with Azerbaijani militias beginning their effort to expel Armenians from the enclave. In 1992, a war broke out and pogroms of Armenians and Azeris forced both groups to flee their homes. In 1994, a Russian-brokered ceasefire ended the war but more than 1 million ethnic Armenians and Azeris are still not able to return. In 2023, an Azerbaijani offensive into Nagorno-Karabakh ended the conflict, with the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh conceding sovereignty to the government of Azerbaijan on January 1, 2024.
Caviar diplomacy
The European Stability Initiative (ESI) has revealed in a report from 2012 with the title "Caviar diplomacy: How Azerbaijan silenced the Council of Europe", that since Azerbaijan's entry into the Council of Europe, each year 30 to 40 deputies are invited to Azerbaijan and generously paid with expensive gifts, including caviar (worth up to 1,400 euro), silk carpets, gold, silver and large amounts of money.[156][157] In return they become lobbyists for Azerbaijan. This practice has been widely referred to as "Caviar diplomacy".[158]
ESI also published a report on 2013 Presidential elections in Azerbaijan titled "Disgraced: Azerbaijan and the end of election monitoring as we know it". The report revealed the ties between Azerbaijani government and the members of certain observation missions who praised the elections.[159] Azerbaijan's "Caviar diplomacy" at 2013 presidential elections sparked a major international scandal, as the reports of two authoritative organizations Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe/European Parliament and OSCE/ODIHR completely contradicted one another in their assessments of elections.[160][161][162][163]
Non-governmental anti-corruption organization Transparency International has regularly judged Azerbaijan to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world[163][164] and has also criticized Azerbaijan for the "Caviar diplomacy".[158][165]
At June 2016 the public prosecutor of Milan has accused the former leader of the (Christian) Union of the center and of the European People's Party of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Luca Volonte of accepting large bribes from representatives of the Azerbaijani government.[166] Two people with high-level experience of the Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly (Pace) have told the Guardian they believe its members have been offered bribes for votes by Azerbaijan. Former Azerbaijani diplomat, Arif Mammadov, alleged that a member of Azerbaijan's delegation at the Council of Europe had €30m (£25m) to spend on lobbying its institutions, including the Council of Europe assembly.[167] PACE ratified the terms of reference of an independent external investigation body to carry out a detailed independent inquiry into the allegations of corruption at the council involving Azerbaijan.[168]
ESISC report
On 6 March 2017, ESISC (European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center) published a scandalous report called "The Armenian Connection" where it veraciously attacked human rights NGOs and research organisations criticising human rights violations and corruption in Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Russia.[169]
ESISC in that report asserted that "Caviar diplomacy" report elaborated by ESI aimed to create climate of suspicion based on slander to form a network of MPs that would engage in a political war against Azerbaijan.[170] In the Second Chapter of the report called "The Armenian Connection: «Mr X», Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights" that was published on 18 April 2017 ESISC asserted that the network composed of European PMs, Armenian officials and some NGOs: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, "Human Rights House Foundation", "Open Dialog", European Stability Initiative, and Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, was financed by the Soros Foundation. According to ESISC the key figure of the network since 2012 has been Nils Muižnieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe and the network has served to the interests of George Soros and the Republic of Armenia.[171] "The report is written in the worst traditions of authoritarian propaganda, makes absurd claims, and is clearly aimed at deflecting the wave of criticism against cover-up of unethical lobbying and corruption in PACE and demands for change in the Assembly", said Freedom Files Analytical Centre.[169]
According Robert Coalson (Radio Free Europe), ESISC is a part of Baku's lobbying efforts to extend to the use of front think tanks to shift public opinion.[172]
European Stability Initiative said that "ESISC report is full of lies (such as claiming that German PACE member Strasser holds pro-Armenian views and citing as evidence that he went to Yerevan in 2015 to commemorate the Armenian genocide, when Strasser has never in his life been to independent Armenia)".[173]
See also
- Azerbaijan–European Union relations
- Azerbaijan–NATO relations
- Azerbaijan and the International Monetary Fund
- List of diplomatic missions in Azerbaijan
- List of diplomatic missions of Azerbaijan
- Visa requirements for Azerbaijani citizens
Further reading
- Valiyev, Anar: "Azerbaijan and the North Caucasus: A Pragmatic Relationship" in the Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 27
- Hübner, Gerald: "Foreign Direct Investment in Azerbaijan—the Quality of Quantity" in the Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 28
- Abbasov, Shahin: "Azerbaijan's Eurovision Story: Great Chances to Improve, But No Political Will" in the Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 32
- Mazziotti, Marius; Sauerborn, Djan; Scianna, Bastian Matteo: "Multipolarity is key: Assessing Azerbaijan's foreign policy"[4]
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