Armenia Azerbaijan

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Armenia -- Azerbaijan

(414) 277-5000MR.. ROBERT J KALUPA, HONORARY CONSULDec 17,1998 AZERBAIJANDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON (EMB) 2741 34TH ST , NW, 20008 ... [Read More]

Azerbaijan

U.S. citizens who obtain a one-entry visa at the port of entry are permitted to remain in Azerbaijan for up to one month, after which an extension of stay must be requested.  For persons in Azerbaijan, visa applications, extensions or renewals are made at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shikhali Kurbanov Str., 4, Baku; tel. (9-9412) 493 59 40.  For additional information, please contact the Embassy of Azerbaijan, 2741 34th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008 (tel. 202-337-3500); e-mail azerbaijan@azembassy.com.  Visit the Embassy of Azerbaijan website at http://www.azembassy.com for the most current visa information.  See our Foreign Entry Requirements brochure for more information on Azerbaijan and other countries.  ... [Read More]

Youth Exchanges - Citizen Exchanges - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

View the latest newsletters from the Future Leader's Exchange (FLEX) Alumni newsletter, FLEX Bradley Herald, AMIDEAST/YES, BRIDGE, Global Connections and Exchange Programs in Bangladesh, the West Bank, and School Connectivity's programs in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. [updated 07/05/05] ... [Read More]

Armenia

SAFETY AND SECURITY: A cease-fire has been in effect since 1994 around the self-proclaimed “Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh”, a breakaway autonomous republic of Azerbaijan. However, reports of intermittent armed clashes along the cease-fire line and along the border with Azerbaijan continue. Because of the existing state of hostilities, consular services are not available to Americans in Nagorno-Karabakh. Travelers should exercise caution near the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and consult the Consular Information Sheet for Azerbaijan if considering travel to Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenian territory. Armenia's land borders with Turkey, Azerbaijan, and the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan remain closed and continue to be patrolled by armed troops who stop all persons attempting to cross. Ther ... [Read More]

Azerbaijan (10/04)

The major domestic issue affecting Azerbaijan is the dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly ethnic Armenian region within Azerbaijan. The current conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh began in 1988 when Armenian demonstrations against Azerbaijani rule broke out in both Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, and the Nagorno-Karabakh Supreme Soviet voted to secede from Azerbaijan. In 1990, after violent episodes in Nagorno-Karabakh, Baku, and Sumgait, the Soviet Union's Government in Moscow declared a state of emergency in Nagorno-Karabakh, sent troops to the region, and forcibly occupied Baku. In April 1991, Azerbaijani militia and Soviet forces targeted Armenian paramilitaries operating in Nagorno-Karabakh; Moscow also deployed troops to Yerevan. Azerbaijan declared its independence from the U.S.S.R. on August 30, 1991. In September 1991, Moscow declared it would no longer support Azerbaijani military action in Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian militants then stepped up the violence. In October ... [Read More]

Travel to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine

Deputy Secretary Richard L. Armitage traveled to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine this week. He departed Washington March 24 and returned March 27. ...

Travel to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine ...

Deputy Secretary Armitage first traveled to Kiev, Ukraine and then continued on to Yerevan, Armenia and Baku, Azerbaijan. During this trip, he met with senior host government officials, as well as with other political leaders and groups that promote democracy and civil society.    [Read More]

Armenia (04/05)

Peace talks in early 1993 were disrupted by the seizure of Azerbaijan's Kelbajar district by Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian forces and the forced evacuation of thousands of ethnic Azeris. Turkey in protest then followed with an embargo of its own against Armenia. A cease-fire was declared between Azeri and Armenian/Nagorno-Karabakh forces in 1994 and has been maintained by both sides since then in spite of occasional shooting along the line of contact between the two. All Armenian governments have thus far resisted domestic pressure to recognize the self-proclaimed independence of the "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic," while at the same time announcing they would not accept any peace accords that returned the enclave to Azerbaijani rule. Some 750,000 ethnic Azeris who fled during the Karabakhi offensives still live as internally displaced persons in Azerbaijan, while roughly 400,000 ethnic Armenians who fled Azerbaijan since 1988 remain refugees, although around 35,000 have accepted Armenian citi ... [Read More]

Armenia -- Azerbaijan

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