Despite all challenges that Azerbaijan had to confront with over its 44-day hostilities with Armenia, the country proved that it is set to go ahead with all international projects it is involved in. Against the background of Azerbaijan’s glaring victory in the war with Armenia, the start of commercial operations in the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) opens up new opportunities from the standpoint of the country’s prospects to ensure the security and reliability of the regional and global energy projects.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell discussed by phone the latest situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on November 12.

President Ilham Aliyev has said that the situation in the region is deteriorating due to Armenia’s ongoing military provocation against Azerbaijan, stressing that the lack of international response to these provocations may have unpredictable consequences.

Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and the European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi have discussed the cooperation between Azerbaijan and the European Union in a phone conversation on September 18, the ministry’s press service has reported.

The European Union has granted 30,000-euro funds to Azerbaijan’s Football Federations Association (AFFA) as part of the “Horizon 2020” programme of the EU, AFFA said on August 18.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov held discussions with the Head of the EU Delegation Kestutis Jankauskas on Azerbaijan-EU partnership and the recent Armenian provocation in the state border, the ministry said on August 6.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhely have discussed a new bilateral agreement between Azerbaijan and the European Union (EU), the ministry reported.

The European Union must tailor and revise its expectations to ever-changing needs and circumstances and greater flexibility of the EU in this respect will play a critical role in maintaining the viability and relevance of Eastern Partnership, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at the meeting of Eastern Partnership Foreign Ministers with EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varheyli on July 1 via video conference.

The European Union is ready to consider visa liberalization issue with Azerbaijan, the EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Oliver Varhelyi said at a press conference.

The project to strengthen EU-funded agricultural advisory services in Azerbaijan will last 26 months, Melek Cakmak, Head of the Partnership and Coordination Office of the FAO in Azerbaijan said on June 23.