Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan Move from Political Rapprochement to Joint Investment

On July 16, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Csaba Lejko, John Deere’s President for the Commonwealth of Independent States and Central Asia and Chief Executive Officer of John Deere Walldorf International GmbH, as well as Peter Sachse,...

Azerbaijan is beginning work on establishing a Regional Artificial Intelligence Center in Baku, which is expected not only to serve the domestic market but also to provide services to countries in Central Asia and the Middle East. The project is...

Azerbaijan maintained stable natural gas production in the first half of 2026 but faced a further decline in oil production and exports. Higher revenues from gas supplies helped partially offset the decrease in physical oil export volumes and...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has approved the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking for 2026–2030. However, the text of the plan and the list of measures it contains have not yet been published. Only the presidential order approving...