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{{Infobox bilateral relations
{{Short description|1=Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Hellenic Republic}}
| title = Azerbaijan–Greece relations
{{bilateral|Azerbaijani-Greek|Azerbaijan|Greece}}
| party1 = Azerbaijan
| party2 = Greece
| map = Azerbaijan_Greece_Locator.png
| filetype =
| size =
| mission1 = Embassy of Azerbaijan, Athens
| mission2 = Embassy of Greece, Baku
| envoytitle1 = Ambassador
| envoy1 = Arif Mammadov<ref>[https://president.az/ru/articles/view/62011 Распоряжение Президента Азербайджанской Республики О назначении А.Б.Мамедова чрезвычайным и полномочным послом Азербайджанской Республики в Греческой Республике]</ref>
| envoytitle2 = Ambassador
| envoy2 = Christos Kapodistrias<ref>[https://president.az/en/articles/view/58710 Ilham Aliyev accepted credentials of incoming ambassador of Greece]</ref>
}}


In 1991 Azerbaijan recovered its independence from the [[Soviet Union]] which was recognized by Greece in December 31, 1991. Diplomatic relations established in 1992. The Greek embassy in [[Baku]] was opened in the spring of 1993. The embassy of Azerbaijan in [[Athens]] was opened in August 2004.
In 1991, Azerbaijan recovered its independence from the [[Soviet Union]], which was recognized by Greece on December 31, 1991. Diplomatic relations were established in 1992. The Greek embassy in [[Baku]] was opened in the spring of 1993. The embassy of Azerbaijan in [[Athens]] was opened in August 2004.


Both countries are full members of [[Council of Europe]], the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)]] and the [[Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation|Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)]]. Greece was the first [[European Union]] member country that wanted directly import gas from Azerbaijan.<ref>[http://www.azernews.az/en/Nation/34954-Greece_‘wants_to_be_first_EU_member’_to_directly_import_Azeri_gas Greece "wants to be first" EU member to directly import Azeri gas]</ref> Both countries enjoyed recently developed close relations in trade, culture, and economy.<ref>[http://mfa.gov.az/eng/downloads/bilaterial/Greece.pdf General look on Greece-Azerbaijan foreign relations] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006091916/http://mfa.gov.az/eng/downloads/bilaterial/Greece.pdf |date=October 6, 2011 }}</ref> [[Greeks in Azerbaijan|Greek diaspora in Azerbaijan]] is concentrated in Baku and numbers about 250-300 people, most of them are descendants of the Black Sea Greeks of Asia Minor who in the late 19th and early 20th centuries migrated to Azerbaijan.<ref>[http://www2.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Russia+-+Eastern+Europe+-+Central+Asia/Bilateral+Relations/Azerbaijan/ Greece in the World] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521022010/http://www2.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic%2BRegions/Russia%2B-%2BEastern%2BEurope%2B-%2BCentral%2BAsia/Bilateral%2BRelations/Azerbaijan/ |date=May 21, 2011 }}</ref>
Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]], the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE) and the [[Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation]] (BSEC). Greece was the first [[European Union]] member country that wanted to directly import gas from Azerbaijan.<ref>[http://www.azernews.az/en/Nation/34954-Greece_‘wants_to_be_first_EU_member’_to_directly_import_Azeri_gas Greece "wants to be first" EU member to directly import Azeri gas]</ref> Both countries enjoyed recently-developed close relations in trade, culture, and economy.<ref>[http://mfa.gov.az/eng/downloads/bilaterial/Greece.pdf General look on Greece-Azerbaijan foreign relations] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006091916/http://mfa.gov.az/eng/downloads/bilaterial/Greece.pdf |date=October 6, 2011 }}</ref> [[Greeks in Azerbaijan|Greek diaspora in Azerbaijan]] is concentrated in Baku and numbers about 250-300 people, most of them are descendants of the Black Sea Greeks of [[Asia Minor]] who in the late 19th and early 20th centuries migrated to Azerbaijan.<ref>[http://www2.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Russia+-+Eastern+Europe+-+Central+Asia/Bilateral+Relations/Azerbaijan/ Greece in the World] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521022010/http://www2.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic%2BRegions/Russia%2B-%2BEastern%2BEurope%2B-%2BCentral%2BAsia/Bilateral%2BRelations/Azerbaijan/ |date=May 21, 2011 }}</ref>


However, because of the military partnership and between Greece and [[Armenia]] and at the same time, the close ties and alliance between [[Turkey]] and Azerbaijan, relations between the two countries is distanced and there have been several nationalist tensions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greece And Armenia Strengthen Military Ties |url=https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/07/21/greece-and-armenia-strengthen-military-ties/ |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=Greek City Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Political and commercial relations ==

== Political relations ==
[[File:Abulfaz Garayev and Dimitris Avramopoulos.jpg|thumb|Foreign Minister of Greece Dimitris Avramopoulos (right) meeting with the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Abulfas Garayev in April 2013]]
[[File:Abulfaz Garayev and Dimitris Avramopoulos.jpg|thumb|Foreign Minister of Greece Dimitris Avramopoulos (right) meeting with the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Abulfas Garayev in April 2013]]
The nations of [[Azerbaijan]] and [[Greece]] each maintain bi-lateral, diplomatic relations. Each state maintains a full [[embassy]], Azerbaijan in [[Athens]] and Greece in [[Baku]]. Recently in February 2009, Azerbaijani President [[Ilham Aliyev]] visited Greece in order to boost bilateral relations.<ref name="Se1">{{cite news|url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/roundup/2009/02/17/roundup-dd-03|title= Azerbaijan, Greece aim to boost relations|date=February 2009|publisher=Southeast Europe Times|accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref> The leader met with Greek President [[Karolos Papoulias]], as well as the Greek Prime Minister [[Costas Karamanlis]].<ref name="Se1" /> At the meeting between the officials, the two nations agreed that they must work more closely to get Azeri gas into Greece to help ease recent security issues.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1234888322.17/|title=Greece, Azerbaijan to work closer on energy security|date=February 2009|publisher=EUbusiness|accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.trend.az/capital/pengineering/1425640.html|title=Azerbaijan plans to export gas to Europe via Greece: Azerbaijani president|date=2009-02-16|publisher=[[Trend News Agency|Trend Capital]]|accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref>
The nations of [[Azerbaijan]] and [[Greece]] each maintain bi-lateral, diplomatic relations. Each state maintains a full [[embassy]], Azerbaijan in [[Athens]] and Greece in [[Baku]]. In February 2009, Azerbaijani President [[Ilham Aliyev]] visited Greece in order to boost bilateral relations.<ref name="Se1">{{cite news|url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/roundup/2009/02/17/roundup-dd-03|title= Azerbaijan, Greece aim to boost relations|date=February 2009|publisher=Southeast Europe Times|access-date=2009-04-25}}</ref> The leader met with Greek President [[Karolos Papoulias]], as well as the Greek Prime Minister [[Costas Karamanlis]].<ref name="Se1" /> At the meeting between the officials, the two nations agreed that they must work more closely to get Azeri gas into Greece to help ease recent security issues.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1234888322.17/|title=Greece, Azerbaijan to work closer on energy security|date=February 2009|publisher=EUbusiness|access-date=2009-04-25|archive-date=2009-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426011046/http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1234888322.17|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.trend.az/capital/pengineering/1425640.html|title=Azerbaijan plans to export gas to Europe via Greece: Azerbaijani president|date=2009-02-16|publisher=[[Trend News Agency|Trend Capital]]|access-date=2009-04-25}}</ref>


== Economic relations ==
In the past the two nations have made many deals related to the [[oil]] industry. In 2007 Greek Development Minister [[Dimitris Sioufas]] signed a "memorandum of cooperation" in the sectors of natural gas and oil while in [[Baku]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greekembassy.org/embassy/Content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=925&article=21396 |title=Greece, Azerbaijan sign energy cooperation memorandum |publisher=Athens News Agency |accessdate=2009-04-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605035019/http://www.greekembassy.org/embassy/Content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=925&article=21396 |archivedate=2011-06-05 }}</ref><ref name="JTW">{{cite news|url=http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/47330/greece-and-azerbaijan-sign-energy-cooperation-agreement.html|title=Greece and Azerbaijan sign energy cooperation agreement|date=August 2007|publisher=Journal of Turkish Weekly (JTW)|accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref> Sioufas referred to this [[memorandum]] as a "new page in economic and energy relations of the two countries."<ref name="JTW" />
In the past the two nations have made many deals related to the [[oil]] industry. In 2007 Greek Development Minister [[Dimitris Sioufas]] signed a "memorandum of cooperation" in the sectors of natural gas and oil while in [[Baku]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greekembassy.org/embassy/Content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=925&article=21396 |title=Greece, Azerbaijan sign energy cooperation memorandum |publisher=Athens News Agency |access-date=2009-04-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605035019/http://www.greekembassy.org/embassy/Content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=925&article=21396 |archive-date=2011-06-05 }}</ref><ref name="JTW">{{cite news|url=http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/47330/greece-and-azerbaijan-sign-energy-cooperation-agreement.html|title=Greece and Azerbaijan sign energy cooperation agreement|date=August 2007|publisher=Journal of Turkish Weekly (JTW)|access-date=2009-04-25|archive-date=2011-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615004941/http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/47330/greece-and-azerbaijan-sign-energy-cooperation-agreement.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sioufas referred to this [[memorandum]] as a "new page in economic and energy relations of the two countries."<ref name="JTW" />


=== Imports and exports ===
==Cooporation on Human rights==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Greek MP Elsa Papadimitriou as Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, visited [[Azerbaijan]] to her collaborator Oqtay Asadov the Chairman of Azeri Parliament and Justice Minister Fikrat Mammadov and head of the department for law enforcement [[Fuad Alasgarov]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/1925389.html|title=Azerbaijani justice minister meets PACE committee chairperson|last=Trend.Az|date=2011-09-01|website=Trend.Az|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> Finally she attended a seminar with the Chairman of the State Committee for Religious Organizations Hidayat Orujov.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jlc.gov.az/e_view_index.php?id=91|title=COUNCIL OF EUROPE WELCOMES AZERBAIJAN'S ACHIEVEMENTS|website=www.jlc.gov.az|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref>
|+Imports of Azerbaijan
!Year
!Amount<br/>Thousands of USD
|-
|2020<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|lang=az|url=https://customs.gov.az/modules/pdf/pdffolder/93/FILE_E7B3B9-B46FB9-AA0331-12CB1C-A0451C-E46BD4.pdf|title=International trade statistics 2020 year|website=Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan Official website}}</ref>
|13 662,53
|-
|2021<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|lang=az|url=https://customs.gov.az/uploads/foreign/2021/2021_12.pdf?v=1643353987|title=International trade statistics 2021 year|website=Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan Official website}}</ref>
|20 345,04 {{increase}}
|-
|2022<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|lang=az|url=https://customs.gov.az/uploads/foreign/2022/2022_12.pdf?v=1674644815|title=International trade statistics 2022 year|website=Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan Official website}}</ref>
|28 372,57 {{increase}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Exports of Azerbaijan
!Year
!Amount<br/>Thousands of USD
|-
|2020<ref name=":11" />
|523 303,24
|-
|2021<ref name=":2" />
|415 415,95 {{decrease}}
|-
|2022<ref name=":3" />
|1 391 812,15 {{increase}}
|}

== Cooperation on Human rights ==
Greek MP Elsa Papadimitriou as Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, visited [[Azerbaijan]] to her collaborator Oqtay Asadov the Chairman of Azeri Parliament and Justice Minister Fikrat Mammadov and head of the department for law enforcement Fuad Alasgarov.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/1925389.html|title=Azerbaijani justice minister meets PACE committee chairperson|last=Trend.Az|date=2011-09-01|website=Trend.Az|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> Finally she attended a seminar with the Chairman of the State Committee for Religious Organizations Hidayat Orujov.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jlc.gov.az/e_view_index.php?id=91|title=COUNCIL OF EUROPE WELCOMES AZERBAIJAN'S ACHIEVEMENTS|website=www.jlc.gov.az|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref>

== Tourism ==
In a meeting in [[New York City]], Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos expressed his interest to [[Elmar Mammadyarov]] in developing cooperation with Azerbaijan in the tourism sector.<ref>http://www.azerbaijan.az/_Sosiety/_Tourism/_tourism_e.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708110807/http://azerbaijan.az/_Sosiety/_Tourism/_tourism_e.html |date=2012-07-08 }}</ref> Azeri tourists to Greece rapidly grow, exceeding 225.000 in 2011, with the most popular destination being [[Santorini]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greekreporter.com/atatravel-partners-with-greek-tourism-company-in-azerbaijan/ |title=AtaTravel Partners with Greek Tourism Company in Azerbaijan &#124; GreekReporter.com |access-date=2012-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319181925/http://greekreporter.com/atatravel-partners-with-greek-tourism-company-in-azerbaijan/ |archive-date=2012-03-19 }}</ref>


==Tourism==
In a meeting in [[New York City]] Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos expressed his interest to [[Elmar Mammadyarov]] in developing cooperation with Azerbaijan in the tourism sector.<ref>http://www.azerbaijan.az/_Sosiety/_Tourism/_tourism_e.html<nowiki/> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708110807/http://azerbaijan.az/_Sosiety/_Tourism/_tourism_e.html |date=2012-07-08 }}</ref> Azeri tourists to Greece rapidly grow, exceeding 225.000 in 2011, with the most popular destination being [[Santorini]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greekreporter.com/atatravel-partners-with-greek-tourism-company-in-azerbaijan/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-12-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319181925/http://greekreporter.com/atatravel-partners-with-greek-tourism-company-in-azerbaijan/ |archivedate=2012-03-19 }}</ref>
==Diplomacy==
==Diplomacy==
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* [[Azerbaijan–European Union relations|Azerbaijan–EU relations]]
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://athens.mfa.gov.az/en Azerbaijani embassy in Athens Official website]
* [https://www.mfa.gr/missionsabroad/en/azerbaijan.html Greek embassy in Baku Official website]
* [https://mfa.gov.az/en/category/avropa/yunanistan Bilateral relations]
* [http://www.mfa.gov.az/eng/foreign_policy/bilat.shtml#39 Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Greece]
* [http://www.mfa.gov.az/eng/foreign_policy/bilat.shtml#39 Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Greece]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150220212730/http://www.azembassy.gr/ Azerbaijan embassy in Athens]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150220212730/http://www.azembassy.gr/ Azerbaijan embassy in Athens]
* [http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Russia+-+Eastern+Europe+-+Central+Asia/Bilateral+Relations/Azerbaijan/ Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Azerbaijan]
* [https://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/azerbaijan/ Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Azerbaijan]


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Azerbaijan–Greece relations
Map indicating locations of Azerbaijan and Greece

Azerbaijan

Greece
Diplomatic mission
Embassy of Azerbaijan, AthensEmbassy of Greece, Baku
Envoy
Ambassador Arif Mammadov[1]Ambassador Christos Kapodistrias[2]

In 1991, Azerbaijan recovered its independence from the Soviet Union, which was recognized by Greece on December 31, 1991. Diplomatic relations were established in 1992. The Greek embassy in Baku was opened in the spring of 1993. The embassy of Azerbaijan in Athens was opened in August 2004.

Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). Greece was the first European Union member country that wanted to directly import gas from Azerbaijan.[3] Both countries enjoyed recently-developed close relations in trade, culture, and economy.[4] Greek diaspora in Azerbaijan is concentrated in Baku and numbers about 250-300 people, most of them are descendants of the Black Sea Greeks of Asia Minor who in the late 19th and early 20th centuries migrated to Azerbaijan.[5]

However, because of the military partnership and between Greece and Armenia and at the same time, the close ties and alliance between Turkey and Azerbaijan, relations between the two countries is distanced and there have been several nationalist tensions.[6]

Political relations

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Foreign Minister of Greece Dimitris Avramopoulos (right) meeting with the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Abulfas Garayev in April 2013

The nations of Azerbaijan and Greece each maintain bi-lateral, diplomatic relations. Each state maintains a full embassy, Azerbaijan in Athens and Greece in Baku. In February 2009, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Greece in order to boost bilateral relations.[7] The leader met with Greek President Karolos Papoulias, as well as the Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis.[7] At the meeting between the officials, the two nations agreed that they must work more closely to get Azeri gas into Greece to help ease recent security issues.[8][9]

Economic relations

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In the past the two nations have made many deals related to the oil industry. In 2007 Greek Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas signed a "memorandum of cooperation" in the sectors of natural gas and oil while in Baku.[10][11] Sioufas referred to this memorandum as a "new page in economic and energy relations of the two countries."[11]

Imports and exports

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Imports of Azerbaijan
Year Amount
Thousands of USD
2020[12] 13 662,53
2021[13] 20 345,04 Increase
2022[14] 28 372,57 Increase
Exports of Azerbaijan
Year Amount
Thousands of USD
2020[12] 523 303,24
2021[13] 415 415,95 Decrease
2022[14] 1 391 812,15 Increase

Cooperation on Human rights

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Greek MP Elsa Papadimitriou as Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, visited Azerbaijan to her collaborator Oqtay Asadov the Chairman of Azeri Parliament and Justice Minister Fikrat Mammadov and head of the department for law enforcement Fuad Alasgarov.[15] Finally she attended a seminar with the Chairman of the State Committee for Religious Organizations Hidayat Orujov.[16]

Tourism

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In a meeting in New York City, Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos expressed his interest to Elmar Mammadyarov in developing cooperation with Azerbaijan in the tourism sector.[17] Azeri tourists to Greece rapidly grow, exceeding 225.000 in 2011, with the most popular destination being Santorini.[18]

Diplomacy

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Распоряжение Президента Азербайджанской Республики О назначении А.Б.Мамедова чрезвычайным и полномочным послом Азербайджанской Республики в Греческой Республике
  2. ^ Ilham Aliyev accepted credentials of incoming ambassador of Greece
  3. ^ Greece "wants to be first" EU member to directly import Azeri gas
  4. ^ General look on Greece-Azerbaijan foreign relations Archived October 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Greece in the World Archived May 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Greece And Armenia Strengthen Military Ties". Greek City Times. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  7. ^ a b "Azerbaijan, Greece aim to boost relations". Southeast Europe Times. February 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  8. ^ "Greece, Azerbaijan to work closer on energy security". EUbusiness. February 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  9. ^ "Azerbaijan plans to export gas to Europe via Greece: Azerbaijani president". Trend Capital. 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  10. ^ "Greece, Azerbaijan sign energy cooperation memorandum". Athens News Agency. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  11. ^ a b "Greece and Azerbaijan sign energy cooperation agreement". Journal of Turkish Weekly (JTW). August 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  12. ^ a b "International trade statistics 2020 year" (PDF). Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan Official website (in Azerbaijani).
  13. ^ a b "International trade statistics 2021 year" (PDF). Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan Official website (in Azerbaijani).
  14. ^ a b "International trade statistics 2022 year" (PDF). Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan Official website (in Azerbaijani).
  15. ^ Trend.Az (2011-09-01). "Azerbaijani justice minister meets PACE committee chairperson". Trend.Az. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  16. ^ "COUNCIL OF EUROPE WELCOMES AZERBAIJAN'S ACHIEVEMENTS". www.jlc.gov.az. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  17. ^ http://www.azerbaijan.az/_Sosiety/_Tourism/_tourism_e.html Archived 2012-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ "AtaTravel Partners with Greek Tourism Company in Azerbaijan | GreekReporter.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
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