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MPs demand Azerbaijan cut military ties with US

by Aytan Farhadova

•2 min read

Forty-three Azerbaijani MPs have appealed to Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov to ‘review’ the country’s relationship with the US, including pulling out of several military agreements. The MPs signed the statement on 5 October demanding Bayramov terminate the Joint Declaration on Future Military and Defense Cooperation, signed in 1997, and the Agreement on the Acquisition of Equipment and Mutual Services, signed in 2013. They also demanded an immediate stop to any ongoing negotiations on

Azerbaijan

Ilham Aliyev’s son attends cabinet meeting sparking succession rumours

by Aytan Farhadova

•2 min read

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s 27-year-old son, Heydar Aliyev Jr., has attended a cabinet meeting devoted to economic issues. This high-profile appearance has sparked questions about his growing political presence and his future role in Azerbaijani politics. Aliyev Jr. took part in Thursday’s meeting alongside his mother and Azerbaijani Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva. Although there has been no official statement made regarding his role in the meeting, according to Turan, some rep

Azerbaijan

Aliyev claims Azerbaijan’s land border remains closed due to ‘security concerns’

by Aytan Farhadova

•2 min read

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has claimed that the closure of Azerbaijan’s land borders since March 2020 has protected the country from ‘external risks’. Azerbaijan’s land borders were originally closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They have since remained inaccessible for entry, as well as for exit by Azerbaijani citizens. [Read more: Opinion | Four years of entrapment: why Azerbaijan’s land borders remain closed] Aliyev made his statements as part of the opening session of the

Ilham Aliyev (left) and Xi Jinping. Official photo via president.az

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‘One Belt, One Road’: Azerbaijan courts Chinese investors as Xi meets Aliyev

by Aytan Farhadova

•3 min read

Azerbaijan appears to be looking east in a bid to attract Chinese investment to its economy, despite concerns raised by experts about ‘dependency’ on China’s production and economy. On Monday, Azerbaijan hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Baku. The SCO is an international trade and security organisation established by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan in 1996, to which Azerbaijan has been a dialogue partner since 2015. Azerbaijan and China’s pre

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Activist arrested after spraying ‘Stalin’ on Heydar Aliyev statue sentenced to six years

by Aytan Farhadova

•2 min read

Azerbaijani police have sentenced an activist arrested in August after spraying the name ‘Stalin’ on a Heydar Aliyev statue to six years in prison on drug charges. The Baku Criminal Court sentenced 23-year-old Elbayi Karimli, a member of the opposition Popular Front Party, on Saturday. His lawyer, Nemat Karimli (unrelated to Elbayi Karimli), told OC Media that his client was arrested in August 2023 shortly after spraying Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s name on a statue of Heydar Aliyev, the

Ilham Aliyev casts his ballot in Stepanakert (Khankendi). Photo: Azertac.

2024 Azerbaijani Presidential Elections

Podcast | The elections that had no one on the edge of their seat

by OC Media

•2 min read

President Ilham Aliyev has prolonged his decades-long rule of Azerbaijan, securing a fifth term after winning the presidential elections this week — elections that were marred by the absence of any real opposition and blatant electoral fraud. On this week’s episode of the Caucasus Digest, we speak to Meydan TV editor Orkhan Mammad about the role of media in covering the elections, to political analyst and PhD candidate Bahruz Samadov about the mainstream opposition’s boyco

2024 Azerbaijani Presidential Elections

Aliyev receives 92% in snap presidential election

by OC Media

•2 min read

Azerbaijan’s central election commission has announced that President Ilham Aliyev has received 92% of the vote in snap presidential elections, according to preliminary results. The results would give Aliyev a fifth term as president, having succeeded his father in October 2003. In the previous election in 2018, electoral authorities announced he had won 86% of the vote. The Central Election Commission said voter turnout was 77%. Wednesday’s vote was accompanied by widespread reports of elec