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Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) chairman Devlet Bahçeli said he believes Azerbaijan-Türkiye relations will continue to develop on the basis of mutual respect, equal partnership, trust and brotherhood.
MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli commented on the party's 15th Ordinary Congress process and current affairs. Bahçeli said the party had completed its provincial and district congresses, and that the 15th Ordinary Grand Congress had been set for Sunday, 7 February 2027.
Oxu.az reports on a telephone conversation held on October 21 between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. According to the report, such a call is not only a diplomatic contact but also a message indicating the direction in which political relations between the two countries may develop.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has approved an increase in the capital of the Azerbaijan-Kyrgyz Development Fund from $100 million to $200 million, as well as a treaty on allied relations between the two countries. Aliyev signed the laws on 13 October 2026, and the documents were published on the official presidential website on 21 October.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev issued a statement after a telephone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The report was published on 21 October 2026.
President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order establishing the Azykh-Taghlar Archaeological Park as a state reserve in Azerbaijan. According to Report.az, the order designates the areas around the Azykh and Taghlar caves as a state reserve.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held separate phone calls on Wednesday with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev. The talks covered bilateral cooperation, regional security and global developments, according to Türkiye's Communications Directorate.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on October 21. The call was reported by the press service of the Azerbaijani head of state. During the phone conversation, the leaders discussed Azerbaijani-Turkish bilateral relations as well as regional and global issues.
North Macedonian President Gordana Silyanovska-Davkova held a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at her own request. According to a statement from the presidential cabinet, the call took place today.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a law ratifying the Treaty on Allied Relations between Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan, Report.az reported. The story was filed under the outlet's domestic policy section.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order establishing the Karabakh National Park. The report, citing AZERTAC, was published by Day.Az.
Teymur Yusif oglu Musayev has been dismissed from his position as Minister of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan, according to APA news agency. President Ilham Aliyev signed the order in this regard.
President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree on improving the management of Azerbaijan's health care system. Elnara Akimova described the decree as a logical continuation of institutional reforms being carried out in the country and an important indicator of the transition to a new stage in health care management.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said his country did not sink to the level of the barbarians and child killers who caused its people so much suffering. Trend, reporting from Baku, said the statement was published in a post on Aliyev's page on the X social network.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed a special decree aimed at further improving healthcare administration in the country.
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Teymur Yusif oglu Musayev has been appointed deputy prime minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Day.Az, citing Azertac, reported that President Ilham Aliyev signed the relevant order in connection with the appointment.
Anar Bayramov has been appointed Minister of Health of Azerbaijan, according to a report by Report.az. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order in this regard. The report notes that the appointment was published on 19 October 2026.
On 19 October 2020, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev gave a video interview to Russia's TASS news agency, as presented by Day.Az citing AZERTAG. Asked about Nagorno-Karabakh, he said Armenia had grossly violated the ceasefire agreed in Moscow, with the city of Ganja attacked at night and residential areas hit, causing many deaths and injuries.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has congratulated Azerbaijan on its 'Restoration of Independence Day'. In a post shared from his NSosyal account, Erdoğan described Azerbaijan as a 'dear and brotherly' country and said he heartily congratulated the day on behalf of his country and nation.
Azerbaijan marks the 35th anniversary of the restoration of its independence on October 18.
Trend has published its chronicle of the 44-day Patriotic War for 18 October. The war began on 27 September 2020, when Armenian armed forces carried out large-scale provocations along the front line, and Azerbaijan responded with a counteroffensive later named “Iron Fist”. The 44-day war ended roughly 30 years of occupation and restored Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.
Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan said that, under the Alma-Ata Declaration, delimitation and demarcation of the border should leave Armenia with an area of 29,743 km². He said there should be no enclaves or exclaves on either side of the border, and that the two countries should exchange territories “on an equal basis.”
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that wars and conflicts will continue and new ones will emerge until mechanisms ensuring the implementation of decisions and resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council and other international organizations are developed. He spoke at the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku.
In 2026, Baku will host the VII Summit of AQEM, chaired by President Ilham Aliyev.
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