Baku must take a number of urgent steps at diplomatic and political levels due to Russias military aggression against Georgia. First of all the Foreign Ministry must make a statement assessing Russias actions, because it is aggression against the country which is trying to restore its territorial integrity and to bring order to its territory. The open intervention made by Russia is accompanied with all kinds of weapons and troops. The excessive use of force testifies that the Kremlin has prepared for this operation for long, and this intervention is to threaten and punish. In January 1990 Azerbaijan was in the same situation, but then we were part of the USSR; now we are a sovereign state, therefore the military crimes of Moscow are heavier than the occupation in January 1990.
However, the official Baku has not even expressed condolences to Georgia! It had to sent, at least, humanitarian assistance to the neighbors and to give principal assessment to the Kremlins actions.
It is stupid and dishonest to keep silence in such a situation, and to hope that Azerbaijan will be able to escape the same fate. Politics is a pragmatic business, but it is not good not to notice that a strategic partner is subjected to aggression.
Azerbaijans fate directly depends on the situation in Georgia, through the
territory of which oil and gas pipelines go. It is absolutely clear that Moscow wants to achieve the resignation of the legally elected President and to appoint their marionette to control the South Caucasian region. Then it will be possible to put an end to any talks about independent energy policy, strategic partnership with the West and many others. Realization of Russias goals will certainly restore the former USSR, and will make all the neighbors afraid of Russia.
Today Azerbaijan does not support Georgia, but Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and other countries do. These countries, which are far from the Caucasus, are not afraid to express their position and their Presidents arrived in Tbilisi to support Georgia. At the press conference in Moscow on Thursday Russias Foreign Minister said the territorial integrity of Georgia must be forgotten. Maybe somebody hopes to survive and keep Karabakh only because he is silent at this moment, but it is evident that one of the next operations of urging to peace will strike Azerbaijan.
Shahin Hajiyev
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I would like to briefly discuss a highly important reform initiated by the Azerbaijani government 10 years ago but remains incomplete to this day.
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To welcome 2025 and to mark Azerbaijan’s International Solidarity Day, we are pleased to share this message from Ambassador Libby
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Alaskar Mammadli, a well-known lawyer and media expert, has issued a message to fellow citizens on the occasion of Azerbaijanis' Solidarity Day and New Year from his prison cell, where he has been held since March 2024. Mammadli, arrested on charges of currency smuggling, has denied the accusations, which international media and human rights organizations have labeled politically motivated.
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