Following a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Berlin, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for greater respect for human rights in the Central Asian republic. "The German government is committed to upholding human rights worldwide, and that also applies to Azerbaijan," Scholz said at a joint press conference with Aliyev on Friday in response to a question from journalists. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), human rights defenders and the media must be able to work "freely an
Ilham Aliyev succeeded his father in 2003, who was president of the country under Communism and remained in power for a decade after the desolution of the Soviet Union.
President Ilham Aliyev raised Azerbaijan's flag in the main city of Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday, cementing Baku's conquest of the region after last month's lightening offensive that led to an exodus of ethnic Armenians. "President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has raised the National Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the city of Khankendi and delivered a speech," Aliyev's office said in a statement.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke on the phone with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Among other things, they discussed regional security. Source: Zelenskyy on Telegram Quote: "I had a phone conversation with Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, and thanked him for the significant humanitarian assistance that Azerbaijan provides to Ukraine, in particular in the energy sector as winter approaches.
“Today, during the discussions we also addressed the issue of how to expand cooperation in the energy field. Because we see great opportunities of investment projects, projects related to creation of interconnectors and potential projects of cooperation in third