Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s government has been accused of cracking down on media and civil society activism before the country’s hosting of crucial UN climate talks later this year. Human Rights Watch has found at least 25 instances of the arrest or…
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Vladanka Andreeva, the UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan, reaffirmed the United Nations’ commitment to supporting Azerbaijan and actively participating in efforts related to COP29 during the “29 Climate Conversations: The Road to COP29”…
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Following the UN’s COP28 climate talks in oil-fuelled Dubai, the COP29 conference is headed for the historic cradle of oil, Azerbaijan, which is in the midst of a gas boom. The former Soviet republic of 10 million people brimming with…
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Sunday that he has proposed the signing of a non-aggression pact to Azerbaijan, pending a comprehensive peace treaty between the arch-foe Caucasus neighbors. Yerevan and Baku have fought two…
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The government of Azerbaijan has appointed its environment minister Mukhtar Babayev to be the president of the Cop29 climate talks in Baku in November. While Babayev will chair the talks, Azerbaijan’s deputy foreign minister Yalchin…
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Fighting on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan killed about 100 troops Tuesday as attacks on both sides fed fears of broader hostilities breaking out between the longtime adversaries. Armenia said at least 49 of its soldiers were…
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