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Azerbaijan appoints first ever ambassador to Israel

Azerbaijan appoints first ever ambassador to Israel

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree appointing Mukhtar Mammadov as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the State of Israel. Mukhtar Mammadov was born in 1983 in Baku. He studied …

France to support Baku-Yerevan normalization

France to support Baku-Yerevan normalization

Presidents of France and Azerbaijan Emmanuel Macron and Ilham Aliyev held a telephone conversation. The French leader announced Paris’ readiness to support the normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan. "Macron …

Iranian ambassador summoned to Azerbaijan's MFA

Iranian ambassador summoned to Azerbaijan's MFA

Ambassador of Iran to Azerbaijan Seyid Abbas Mousavi was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, according to the Foreign Ministry. During the meeting, dissatisfaction and concern in connection with the propaganda, …

Russian and Azerbaijani FMs hold phone talks

Russian and Azerbaijani FMs hold phone talks

Azerbaijani and Russian foreign ministers had a phone call on Tuesday to discuss the renewed fighting on the Armenia and Azerbaijan border. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov briefed his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov about …

Borrell: visa ban for all Russians would lack necessary support

Borrell: visa ban for all Russians would lack necessary support

European Union foreign ministers meeting later this week, are unlikely to unanimously back a visa ban on all Russians, as would be needed to put in place such a ban, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Austria's ORF TV on Sunday. …

Lavrov: West reduces diplomacy to sanctions

Lavrov: West reduces diplomacy to sanctions

The West has reduced what was once called diplomacy to the policy of sanctions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Zvezda television channel, which was posted on the foreign ministry’s website. …

New Belarusian ambassador to Russia appointed

New Belarusian ambassador to Russia appointed

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has appointed Dmitry Krutoy, a deputy head of his administration, as the republic’s new ambassador to Russia, the state-run BelTA news agency reported on Monday. Krutoy has been …

Lavrov arrives in Ethiopia, last leg of his tour of Africa

Lavrov arrives in Ethiopia, last leg of his tour of Africa

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, as part of an African tour, arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, where the headquarters of the African Union is located. Upon arrival, he had a brief meeting with Ethiopian Foreign …

New German Ambassador in Georgia appointed

New German Ambassador in Georgia appointed

German Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Peter Fischer will replace the outgoing Hubert Knirsch as the German Ambassador to Georgia in late August. “Some personal news: At the end of August, Maria and I will be transferring …

Lavrov: Russia not asking to lift sanctions

Lavrov: Russia not asking to lift sanctions

Russia is not asking for the lifting of sanctions, but, in order to resolve the existing issues with global food supplies, the West must take steps to eliminate obstacles that it had created itself, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has …

Lavrov and Bayramov hold phone talks

Lavrov and Bayramov hold phone talks

Phone talks between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and his Russian colleague Sergey Lavrov took place on July 20, the Azerbaijani ministry said. The ministers discussed relevant issues on the bilateral agenda …

Syria cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine

Syria cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine

Syria is cutting its diplomatic ties with Ukraine, the SANA news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a diplomat at the Arab republic’s Foreign Ministry. The move is in retaliation for a similar Ukrainian step. "The …

Saudi Arabia and Iran engaged in talks to improve ties

Saudi Arabia and Iran engaged in talks to improve ties

Saudi Arabian and Iranian officials are conducting direct negotiations in order to restore relations between their countries, the Financial Times reported, citing sources.  According to the sources, the first round of talks …

Week of diplomacy being held in Baku

Week of diplomacy being held in Baku

The opening ceremony of the week of diplomacy ‘Peace and creative efforts of Azerbaijan in the post-conflict stage’ is being held at country’s ADA University. The event was addressed by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister …