INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Jannatkhan EYVAZOV

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Jannatkhan Eyvazov, Deputy director of the Institute of Strategic Studies of the Caucasus, executive secretary of Central Asia and the Caucasus (Baku, Azerbaijan)

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Agenda of the Year

2005 was not a year in which Azerbaijan did any serious rethinking about its relations with the outside world. The country’s leadership retained its main foreign political priorities, and efforts were largely directed toward resolving the following issues: settling the conflict with Armenia, implementing transregional energy and transportation projects and reinforcing the republic’s international position in this respect, integrating into European and Euro-Atlantic structures, and establishing relations with its closest neighbors. What is more, in this context, the parliamentary election held on 6 November should be singled out in particular. It had an unprecedented influence both on Azerbaijan’s domestic political situation and on its international contacts.

International Activity

At the end of 2004-beginning of 2005, relations with Iran underwent a perceptible upswing. In December 2004, high-ranking Iranian officials, including Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani and Security Minister Ali Yunisi, visited Azerbaijan. Many analysts assessed these visits, as well as the participation of Azerbaijan’s delegation in a meeting of………………

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