Islam and Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy
Azerbaijan employs a dualistic strategy in its religious sphere. Domestically, Islam is meticulously managed under state control, undergoing modifications and being constrained by national interests.
Azerbaijan employs a dualistic strategy in its religious sphere. Domestically, Islam is meticulously managed under state control, undergoing modifications and being constrained by national interests.
The decades-old conflict between Palestine and Israel in the Middle East, at present acute situation, which continues with many casualties and destruction, compels several states to find a final solution to the problem in order to put an end to the conflict.
Based on answers to the question “Would you fight for your country?” of the survey, conducted in 2023 by the Gallup International in 45 countries, including Armenia, the map of «War and Peace» is constructed.
The article presents results of the “Global Barometer of Hope and Despair”; survey, conducted in 2023 by the Gallup International Association in 45 countries, including Armenia.
It is no secret that water is a strategic resource and a security issue for states. Eloquent proofs of this are the 1634 water conflicts that have taken place in different parts of the world from different periods of history to the present day.
On February 28, 2024, at the session of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Sadig Gurbanov, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Ecology, stated that most of the water entering Azerbaijan through the Kura River is polluted by Georgia and Armenia.
According to the decree of the Turkish president, the famous Chorа church – the Greek monastery of the Byzantine Empire – will be opened as a mosque on 23.02.2024.
In December 2023, the United Nations decided that the next World Climate Conference will take place in Azerbaijan. According to the UN tradition, the right to hold this major event should be given primarily to countries that strive for a natural balance in developing green industry and have the most tangible experience in the field.
On 02.05.2024, members of the delegation of Serbia to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), consisting of 7 people, has sent an appeal to President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Theodoros Roussopoulos, objecting the resolution, regarding the Azerbaijani delegation credentials to PACE.
At the end of January 2023, one of the military facilities located in the center of the city of Isfahan, Iran, was subjected to an air attack. According to Iranian official sources, the air attack was carried out using launched UAVs and did not cause serious damage to the infrastructure of the military facility.