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DİPLOMATİYA ALƏMİ WORLD OF DIPLOMACY JOURNAL OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN № 53, 2019 EDITORIAL COUNCIL Elmar MAMMADYAROV Minister of Foreign Affairs (Chairman of the Editorial Council) Hikmat HAJIYEV Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Affairs of the Presidential Administration 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 Hafi z PASHAYEV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nadir HUSEYNOV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ramiz HASANOV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Huseyn HUSEYNOV Director, Analysis and Strategic Studies Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan EDITORIAL BOARD Nurlan ALIYEV Analysis and Strategic Studies Department @ All rights reserved. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily refl ect the offi cial policy or position of the MFA «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; e-mail: [email protected] MÜNDƏRİCAT - CONTENTS - СОДЕРЖАНИЕ RƏSMİ XRONİKA – OFFICIAL CHRONICLE – ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА Diplomatic activity of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Mr. I.Aliyev (October – December 2019) …………………………………………… 3 Meetings and visits of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. E.Mammadyarov (October – December 2019) ……………………………………… 52 MƏQALƏLƏR – ARTICLES – СТАТЬИ Олег Кузнецов О государственной политике героизации нацизма в Армении ………………………. 97 Омар Ардашелия Архитектура безопасности Южного Кавказа и грузино – азербайджанский военный договор 1919 года ……..................................... 112 Руслан Шевченко Основные направления деятельности азербайджанской дипломатии (1918-1920 гг.) .............................................................. 121 YENİ TƏYİNATLAR – NEW APPOINTMENTS – НОВЫЕ НАЗНАЧЕНИЯ ….. 127 YENİ NƏŞRLƏR – NEW PUBLICATIONS – НОВЫЕ ИЗДАНИЯ ........................ 128 RƏSMİ XRONİKA - OFFICIAL CHRONICLE - ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА RƏSMİ XRONİKA – OFFICIAL CHRONICLE – ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА ХРОНИКА DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN H.E. Mr. ILHAM ALIYEV (OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2019) ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ FOREIGN VISITS WORKING VISIT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 3 October 2019 President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the plenary session of the 16th Annual Meeting of Valdai International Discussion Club 3 October 2019, Sochi Speech by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev KA - OFFICIAL CHRONICLE - - OFFICIAL KA İ Azerbaijan 53 / 2019 airs of the Republic ff Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich, Dear ladies and gentlemen! XRON İ First of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin for SM the invitation to take part in the regular meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club. I would Ə R Journal of the Ministry of Foreign A Journal of the Ministry Foreign AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI XARİCİ İŞLƏR NAZİRLİYİNİN JURNALI 53 / 2019 3 RƏSMİ XRONİKA - OFFICIAL CHRONICLE - ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА like to note that the club’s activities are followed with great interest in Azerbaijan. It has transformed into one of the most important international venues where current issues of the modern world are discussed and recommendations are made for deepening cooperation. I listened to Vladimir Vladimirovich’s speech with great interest and I agree with him in everything. The only thing he did not say when speaking about the situation that developed in Russia at the turn of the millennium is that the main factor behind Russia emerging from the most diffi cult ordeals with dignity is the factor of Vladimir Putin. This is true and everyone should know that. It is thanks to his courage, determination, wisdom and patriotism that Russia emerged from the most diffi cult trials and is a leading world power today. We had a meeting with Vladimir Vladimirovich today. Our meetings are regular, and even a short interval of a few months is already perceived by us as a pause. The relations between our countries are of strategic importance. It is no coincidence that we call each other strategic partners. Today we reviewed a very broad agenda of bilateral relations and outlined the ways ХРОНИКА for further cooperation. There is a very active political dialogue between our countries. Regular meetings of heads of state and other offi cials contribute to the deepening of our cooperation. We closely interact with each other within the framework of international organizations, traditionally supporting each other in the most important and pressing issues. At the June session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where the issue of Russia’s return to this organization was discussed, the entire Azerbaijani delegation voted for Russia to return to PACE and would like to congratulate our colleagues on the fact that this happened. There is a positive trend in the development of trade and economic relations. We increase our ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ turnover every year. It is becoming more and more diffi cult to do because last year there was something around a 20-percent increase, this year there is even more. The identifi cation of priority areas of cooperation within the framework of fi ve “roadmaps” will undoubtedly lead to a further increase in trade relations. About 700 companies with Russian capital operate in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani investments in Russia are in the amount of 1.2 billion dollars and the volume of Russian investments in Azerbaijan is 4.6 billion dollars. We are slightly behind here, but there are objective reasons for that. I would also like to note that Russian banks have helped us a lot with industrialization – they have provided loans of almost a billion dollars for projects in the real sector of the economy. Our military and technical cooperation is actively developing. Today we agreed that we will continue to work in this direction despite the fact we already have contracts on the acquisition of Russian equipment amounting to 5 billion dollars, of which 3 billion has already been implemented. As I said, we intend to continue work in this direction. KA - OFFICIAL CHRONICLE - - OFFICIAL KA İ Another important area of our cooperation is the transport sector. In 2018, eight times more Azerbaijan 53 / 2019 airs of the Republic ff cargo was transported along the North-South corridor than in the previous year. The volumes are still small, but the dynamics are impressive. I would also like to note that the North-West XRON İ corridor has been launched. Cargo from Russia is sent through the territory of Azerbaijan not only to the south but also to the west – largely due to the fact that we agreed on a tariff policy SM and due to the fact that major investments have recently been made in modern transport Ə R infrastructure in Azerbaijan. Journal of the Ministry of Foreign A Journal of the Ministry Foreign 4 AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI XARİCİ İŞLƏR NAZİRLİYİNİN JURNALI 53 / 2019 RƏSMİ XRONİKA - OFFICIAL CHRONICLE - ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА One indicator of our relations most clearly testifi es to the spirit and nature of relations not only between countries, but also between our peoples. Last year, 880,000 Russians visited Azerbaijan. This year the number is already biggest. It is no secret that tourists go not only to see the sights or taste the national cuisine. They go to places where it is safe and comfortable, and where they feel at home. I think this speaks of the rapid growth of tourism. I would like to note the great achievements in the fi eld of education. A branch of Moscow State University has been operating in Azerbaijan for many years, as well as a branch of the First Moscow State Medical University. All state universities in Azerbaijan have branches in Russian. A total of 25,000 students study in Russian. Also, 130,000 schoolchildren in 338 schools in our country study in Russian in 338 schools with Russian education. One of the topics of ongoing discussion is the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno- Karabakh confl ict. Russia is a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, which has a mediation mandate. I ХРОНИКА should note that Nagorno-Karabakh and seven other districts of Azerbaijan have been under Armenian occupation for over 25 years. Nagorno-Karabakh is the original Azerbaijani land. In Soviet times, the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region was set up. I must say that in connection with the confl ict there is a fairly wide range of opinions often not refl ecting realities. Therefore, in order to clarify, I must say that in 1921 the decision of the Caucasian Bureau was literally “to leave Nagorno- Karabakh within Azerbaijan”, not transfer it, as the Armenian side often interprets it. Before the ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ confl ict began, the Azerbaijani and Armenian populations in the proportion of 25 to 75 percent lived in the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region of the Azerbaijan SSR. As a result of the confl ict, the entire Azerbaijani population was expelled from Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as from seven other districts of Azerbaijan. In other words, ethnic cleansing was carried out. Today there is no Azerbaijani population in the occupied territories, while most of the occupied territories are scorched and destroyed lands – destroyed houses, schools, public buildings. As a result of the confl ict, Azerbaijan has been faced with a humanitarian catastrophe. More than 700,000 IDPs from Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan, plus 250,000 Azerbaijanis were driven out of their historical lands in the territory of modern Armenia. The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions, including resolutions requiring immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Armenian forces from the occupied territories. CHRONICLE - - OFFICIAL KA For more than 25 years they have not been fulfi lled. And here we come to the important issue İ Azerbaijan 53 / 2019 airs of the Republic of implementing the decisions made.