Category Archives: Azerbaijan

US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Leaving Post

By Richard Solash BAKU (RFE/RL) — Matthew Bryza, the US ambassador to Azerbaijan, is heading back to Washington in the wake of the US Senate’s decision to go into recess without voting on his appointment, which has been opposed by … Continue reading

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Apropriations Bill Maintains Parity Beteween Armenia and Azerbaijan

WASHINGTON — As the first session of the 112th Congress nears completion, the House and Senate approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, which combined nine outstanding appropriations measures, including the State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill.

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Azerbaijan Gets UN Security Council Seat

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Azerbaijan received the two-thirds support of UN member states needed for a Security Council seat Monday after its lead competitor, Slovenia, dropped out.

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Karabagh Sees ‘Sobering Impact’ From Azeri Drone Downing

By Tigran Avetisian STEPANAKERT (RFE/RL) — The reported downing of an Azerbaijani spy drone over Nagorno Karabagh will restrain Baku’s appetite for another war with the Armenians, the Karabagh Armenian leadership said on Thursday.

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Azerbaijan Warns Armenia With Show of Military Might

BAKU (AFP) — Azerbaijan paraded thousands of soldiers and hundreds of military vehicles through its capital on Sunday, in a show of force two days after talks failed to resolve a bitter territorial dispute with Armenia.

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US and France Hail Medvedev Mediation on Karabagh

ASTRAKHAN (RFE/RL) — Officials in Washington and Paris have welcomed the Russian leader’s latest effort on Karabagh to broker an agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the exchange of prisoners of war and bodies of soldiers killed in recent clashes.

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Mediators Want ‘Thorough’ Probe Of Captive’s Death

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The US, Russian and French diplomats seeking to broker a solution to the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict called on Monday for international involvement in what they said should be a thorough inquiry into the death of an Armenian captive … Continue reading

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Armenian Captive Found Dead in Azerbaijan

By Irina Hovannisian BAKU (RFE/RL) — An Armenian man detained in Azerbaijan in disputed circumstances last month has been found dead in his prison cell, military authorities said this week.

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