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DİPLOMATİYA ALƏMİ WORLD OF DIPLOMACY JOURNAL OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN № 45, 2017 EDITORIAL COUNCIL Elmar MAMMADYAROV Minister of Foreign Affairs (Chairman of the Editorial Council) Novruz MAMMADOV Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign Relations Department, Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Araz AZIMOV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalaf KHALAFOV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmud MAMMAD-GULIYEV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hafiz PASHAYEV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nadir HUSSEINOV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Elman AGAYEV Head of Analysis and Strategic Studies Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan EDITORIAL BOARD Hussein HUSSEINOV Department of Anaysis and Strategic Studies Nurlan ALIYEV Department of Anaysis and Strategic Studies Samir SULTANSOY Department of Anaysis and Strategic Studies @ All rights reserved. The views expressed in articles are the responsibility of the authors and should not be construed as representing the views of the journal. “World of Diplomacy” journal is published since 2002. Registration № 1161, 14 January 2005 ISSN: 1818-4898 Postal address: Analysis and Strategic Studies Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sh.Gurbanov Str. 50, Baku AZ 1009 Tel.: 596-91-31; 596-92-81 e-mail: [email protected] AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI XARİCİ İŞLƏR NAZİRLİYİNİN JURNALI 45 / 2017 MÜNDƏRİCAT - CONTENTS - СОДЕРЖАНИЕ RƏSMİ XRONİKA - OFFICIAL CHRONICLE - ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА Diplomatic activity of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Mr. I.Aliyev in the first quarter of 2017 ............................................................. 4 Activity of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. E.Mammadyarov in the first quarter of 2017 ................................................... 55 President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the Third Ministerial Meeting of Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council, February 23, 2017 .................................................................... 75 President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the 5th Global Baku Forum, March 16, 2017 ........................................................ 80 President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the dinner reception in honor of participants of the 5th Global Baku Forum, March 16, 2017 ........................................................ 89 BƏYANATLAR – STATEMENTS – ЗАЯВЛЕНИЯ Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, February 14, 2017 ................................................. 92 AZƏRBAYCAN TARİXİNİN QANLI YADDAŞI BLOODY MEMORIES OF THE HISTORY OF AZERBAIJAN КРОВАВАЯ ПАМЯТЬ ИСТОРИИ АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНА A Glance at the Tragedy of 20 January 1990 ........................................................ 94 26 February – Khojaly Genocide ........................................................................... 98 31 March - Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis ....................................................... 105 Journal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Affairs of the Republic Journal of the Ministry Foreign AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI XARİCİ İŞLƏR NAZİRLİYİNİN JURNALI 45 / 2017 MƏQALƏLƏR - ARTICLES – СТАТЬИ Mehmood ul Hassan Khan Azerbaijan’s Strategic Road Map for Development: A Comparative Analysis ..... 108 Matthias Dornfeldt The History of Economic Relations and the Cooperation in the Energy Sector between Azerbaijan and Germany .................................... 121 YENİ TƏYİNATLAR – NEW APPOINTMENTS – НОВЫЕ НАЗНАЧЕНИЯ……......129 YENİ NƏŞRLƏR – NEW PUBLICATIONS – НОВЫЕ ИЗДАНИЯ Рамиз Мехтиев «Национальная идея Азербайджана в эпоху глобальной трансформации (Книга II)»…............................................131 Raoul Lowery Contreras “The Armenian Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy”.................................................132 Journal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Affairs of the Republic Journal of the Ministry Foreign AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI XARİCİ İŞLƏR NAZİRLİYİNİN JURNALI 45 / 2017 RƏSMİ XRONİKA - OFFICIAL CHRONICLE – ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА RƏSMİ XRONİKA – OFFICIAL CHRONICLE – ОФИЦИАЛ ХРОНИКА DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN, H.E. Mr. ILHAM ALIYEV IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2017 FOREIGN VISITS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN H.E. MR. ILHAM ALIYEV IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2017 WORKING VISIT TO THE SWISS CONFEDERATION 16 – 19 January 2017 List of meetings held during the working visit: – Meeting with President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Suma Chakrabarti – Meeting with global managing partner of McKinsey Dominic Barton – Meeting with President of Europe Selling & Market Operations at Procter & Gamble Gary A. Coombe – Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway Borge Brende – Meeting with Chief Executive Officer of SUEZ Environnement Company Jean- Louis Chaussade – Meeting with President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard – Meeting with Chief Executive Officer of BP Robert Dudley – Meeting with Prime Minister, Minister of State of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel – Meeting with managing director of VPS Healthcare of the United Arab Emirates Shamsheer Vayalil – Meeting with Chief Executive Officer of LafargeHolcim Eric Olsen – Meeting with Executive Chairman of CISCO John Chambers – Meeting with Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Palantir Technologies Alex Karp RƏSMİ XRONİKA - OFFICIAL CHRONICLE – ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА - OFFICIAL RƏSMİ XRONİKA Journal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Affairs of the Republic Journal of the Ministry Foreign AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI XARİCİ İŞLƏR NAZİRLİYİNİN JURNALI 45 / 2017 4 RƏSMİ XRONİKA - OFFICIAL CHRONICLE – ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА – Meeting with Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Falih – Meeting with Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab – Meeting with European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic – Meeting with president of Russian LUKOIL company Vahid Alakbarov – Meeting with Chief Executive Officer of Statoil Eldar Saetre – Meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko – Meeting with head of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Masoud Barzani – Meeting with corporate vice president of Worldwide Public Sector at Microsoft Toni Townes-Whitley PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV ATTENDED INTERACTIVE SESSION "THE SILK ROAD EFFECT" 19 January 2017, Davos President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the interactive session "The Silk Road Effect" as part of the World Economic Forum in Davos. President Ilham Aliyev addressed the session and responded to questions. Speakers at the event also included Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikasvili, President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and representatives of other countries. The moderator of the session asked the participants about how political and infrastructure investments into a modern Silk Road are affecting economic growth and harmonization across Asia and Europe. President Ilham Aliyev: Definitely when we are talking about the Silk Road we should have a broader picture about this initiative. We will not be successful only by investing in transportation infrastructure, if we don't have a reliable political relationship in the region. Azerbaijan invested directly in the reconstruction of our segment of the Silk Road, and also supported the project politically by launching initiatives that lead to regional cooperation. When we are talking about regional cooperation it's very broad because it covers political, economic, cultural and other sectors. Therefore, our intention always was to initiate the projects and to participate in them, which will bring benefits to countries, to peoples, which will increase predictability, stability in the region and create equal opportunities for all the people to live in our region. Therefore, Azerbaijan has always played a very active role in the reconstruction of our segment of the Silk Road and hopefully this year together with our partners in Georgia and Turkey we will complete a very important part of RƏSMİ XRONİKA - OFFICIAL CHRONICLE – ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА - OFFICIAL RƏSMİ XRONİKA Journal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Affairs of the Republic Journal of the Ministry Foreign AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI XARİCİ İŞLƏR NAZİRLİYİNİN JURNALI 45 / 2017 5 RƏSMİ XRONİKA - OFFICIAL CHRONICLE – ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА the Silk Road – connection between Baku, Tbilisi and Kars – in three countries, which will allow us to enjoy the benefits of this project for many years to come. This project will shorten the route from China to Europe from existing 30-35 days to 14 days. This will be the shortest route, but of course, not the cheapest. Now we are working together with our partners in order to unify the tariffs so that we can make this route also very attractive from a commercial point of view. And so far the development in this direction has been going on very successfully and as soon as this project is complete, we will enjoy the big movement of cargo. At the same time we are investing in sea port infrastructure. We are now building the biggest sea port in the Caspian, which will be handling more than 25 million tons of cargo every year,
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    ANNEXE I Cartes de la zone du conflit utilisées par les Nations Unies Programmes des visites dans le cadre de la préparation du rapport Varsovie, 22 février 2003 Rencontre avec les coprésidents du Groupe de Minsk de l’OSCE : M. l'Ambassadeur Nikolaï Gribkov (Fédération de Russie), M. l'Ambassadeur Henry Jacolin (France), M. l'Ambassadeur Rudolf V. Perina (Etats-Unis), M. l'Ambassadeur Andrzej Kasprzyk, Représentant personnel du Président en exercice de l’OSCE Bakou, 14 avril 2003 Rencontre avec M. Araz Azimov, Vice-ministre des Affaires étrangères et représentant personnel du Président de la République Rencontre avec M. Vilayat Guliyev, ministre des Affaires étrangères Rencontre avec M. Ilham Aliyev, chef de la délégation azerbaïdjanaise à l'APCE, et des membres de la délégation Rencontre avec M. Murtuz Aleskerov, président du Milli Mejlis (parlement) Rencontre avec M. Safar Abiyev, ministre de la Défense Rencontre avec M. Namig Abbasov, ministre de la Sécurité nationale Rencontre avec des représentants de la communauté azerbaïdjanaise du Haut-Karabakh Rencontre avec des représentants de l’opposition parlementaire Bakou, 15 avril 2003 Rencontre avec M. Ali Hasanov, président du Comité d'Etat sur les réfugiés et les personnes déplacées Départ pour le camp de réfugiés et de personnes déplacées de Bilasuvar Rencontre avec M. Heydar Aliyev, Président de la République d'Azerbaïdjan Rencontre avec des membres de l'Académie nationale des Sciences Conférence de presse Rencontre avec M. l'Ambassadeur Andrzej Kasprzyk, Représentant personnel du Président en exercice de l’OSCE, pour évoquer le conflit qui retient l'attention de la Conférence de Minsk de l'OSCE Tbilissi, 16 avril 2003 Rencontre avec M.