Azerbaijan Expands Green Energy Production

Executive Summary: Azerbaijan connected the 100-megawatt Gobustan solar plant to the grid on September 16, adding to a rapidly expanding renewable sector that Baku says will reduce domestic gas consumption and support its electricity and gas exports.The renewable build-out builds on Azerbaijan’s gas-based energy strategy, with the United Arab Emirates’ Masdar, Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power,…

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The Armenian Church and the Fragile South Caucasus Peace

When Faith Becomes a Frontline: A row over two monasteries in Garabagh reveals who still stands in the way of reconciliation, and who benefits. Earlier this month, some 150 diplomats from 58 countries toured Garabagh at Azerbaijan’s invitation. Such visits are no longer unusual. Diplomats have travelled to the territories restored to Azerbaijani control many…

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Strategic Partnership: The Evolution of UAE-Azerbaijan Relations

Since regaining independence in 1991, Azerbaijan has prioritized developing relations with the Islamic world. As the only Muslim-majority country in the South Caucasus, Azerbaijan operates in a complex geopolitical environment shaped by centuries of interaction among Islamic, Eastern, and Western civilizations. Its strategic geographic location, rich historical and cultural heritage, and experience in serving as…

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Azerbaijan–Uzbekistan partnership offers blueprint for a wider C6 economic architecture

Rapidly growing interaction between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan demonstrates that political rapprochement in the Caspian region transforms into economic integration. Formation of diplomatic, cultural and transport contacts, in recent years, has been complemented by such tools as investments, industry cooperation and business contacts, writes Yunis Gurbanov. Importance of this process is not limited to the bilateral…

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Between hope and concern: the path ahead for the South Caucasus

Editor’s note: Huseyn Sultanli is an adviser at the Center of Analysis of International Relations and Multiculturalism (AIR Center). The views expressed are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of News.Az. Any normalisation process between two states that involves leaving behind conflict, bloodshed and deadlock in favour of cooperation and interdependence requires…

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Opinion: A Routine Visit, a Revealing Reaction

On September 11 and 12, roughly 150 representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Baku, drawn from 58 countries and nine international organizations, including the European Union’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus, traveled to Azerbaijan’s Karabakh and East Zangezur regions. They visited Shusha, Khankendi, and historic sites including the Ganjasar and Khudavang monasteries. By…

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“The TANAP of Electricity”: Azerbaijan and Türkiye Add Renewable Power to the Middle Corridor

Baku hosted the fifth Azerbaijan-Türkiye Energy Forum on September 11, bringing together Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov and Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar for a review of hydrocarbons, energy efficiency, the electricity market, renewables and mining under the two countries’ Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation, a format that was launched in 2021. It was on the…

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When “Research” becomes a political narrative: Questions for Baku Research Institute

The article titled “The Unbearable Cost of Azerbaijan’s Territorial Integrity”, published on the Baku Research Institute website, or, more precisely, this piece of scribbling, can confidently be regarded as a repetition of the one-sided, biased and unfounded narratives that radical Armenian political and information circles have been circulating for many years. First and foremost, this…

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