"[350], In 2008, Aliyev declared that "Nagorno Karabakh will not be independent; the position is backed by international mediators as well; Armenia has to accept the reality" and also stated that "in 1918, Yerevan was granted to the Armenians. Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been ongoing since 1992 under the OSCE Minsk Group, led by its three co-chairs - Russia, France and the United States. [301], Ilham Aliyev is the president of the National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic since 1997.

[147][148], Following the decision of the fifth Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers to declare Baku as Capital of Islamic Culture for 2009, on 27 August 2008, Ilham Aliyev adopted an Order on the Preparation of the International event named "Baku – Capital of Islamic Culture". [99][100] By the Order of Ilham Aliyev, Patriarch Kirill was granted with the "Sharaf" (Honor) medal of Azerbaijan in 2010. Baku claims to have taken control of several villages and strategic heights in Nagorno-Karabakh. All these facts are the ever seen injustice. Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan // Columbia University Press, 2017, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe, caviar diplomacy § 2013 Presidential elections, Learn how and when to remove this template message, List of presidential trips made by Ilham Aliyev, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, slamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Order of Prince Yaroslav Mudry of 1st Class, Turkmenistan State University named after Makhtumkuli, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, "Azerbaijan: Presidential Elections 2003", "Azerbaijan: Presidential Elections 2003 – Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper", "The Azerbaijan 'Elections' – October 15, 2003", "Plush hotels and caviar diplomacy: how Azerbaijan's elite wooed MPs", "Meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev", "Overview of Azerbaijan-NATO Partnership", "President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Receives OIC S...", "The Two Faces of Azerbaijan's Mr. Aliyev", "Azerbaijan warms up for Eurovision by torturing musicians", "TIGHTENING THE SCREWS. [336] The Azeri press secretary Azer Gasimov told BBC-Azerbaijan that he does not see anything unusual in the fact that the names of members of the presidential family are mentioned in business activities: "Each of them, like any citizen of Azerbaijan, has the right to be engaged in business. Yerevan reports shelling of its territory. [297][298], Aliyev stated that the Lapis-Lazuli Route Agreement[299] by Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Turkmenistan, being a major international trade and transport corridor, will connect Afghanistan to Europe through the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway. • On 21 November 2009, Aliyev was included in the book 500 Most Influential Muslims of World. [194] On February 9, 2007, Ilham Aliyev signed an order to declare of 2007 "Year of youth" in Azerbaijan. [329][330][331] Critics also did not welcome the borrowing of assets from international financial institutions as a remedial solution. Since the beginning of 2019, the number of martyrs' families provided with a lump-sum allowance has been increased, the amount of Presidential scholarship paid to them, as well as the amount of government scholarship for students have been raised,[235][236] compensation has been allocated to the individuals suffered from devaluation whose credit burden increased. [214][215] On November 6, 2017, he passed another Decree to establish "Azerbaijan Industrial Corporation" Open Joint-Stock Company.

The fourth and fifth congresses of the party held in 2008 and 2013 unanimously supported his nomination for the next presidential term. [249][250][251], "Azerbaijan 2020: Vision to the future" national economic development concept is considered one of major strategic initiatives of Aliyev for further development of the country. Temporarily improved economic conditions and promoted alternative industries to the declining oil industry. 1. [30] European Commission said the step "signalled a serious setback".

Fighting is underway in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. [55] Since the presidency of Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan has also developed mutual relations with specialized agencies and bodies of United Nations. "Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic - PRESIDENT » Biography", Official YouTube channel of the President of Azerbaijan, Speeches, statements, interviews, declarations of the Azerbaijan Republic President Ilham Aliyev, Ilham Aliyev and oil diplomacy of Azerbaijan, Law on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Administrative divisions of the Republic of Artsakh, Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh, GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, Secretaries-General of the Non-Aligned Movement, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ilham_Aliyev&oldid=985136837, Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni, Collars of the Order of Mubarak the Great, Recipients of the Order of Abdulaziz al Saud, Recipients of the Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, Recipients of the Order of Honor (Georgia), Recipients of the Order of Liberty (Ukraine), Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Recipients of the Order of the Star of Romania, Recipients of the Order of the Republic (Serbia), Recipients of the Order of Ismoili Somoni, Articles with Ukrainian-language sources (uk), Wikipedia indefinitely move-protected pages, Articles containing Azerbaijani-language text, Articles that may contain original research from March 2019, Articles lacking reliable references from September 2017, Articles needing POV-check from October 2020, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, On 21 November 2009, Aliyev was included in the book. "[203] As a follow up to this measures, four months later, on February 18, 2010, he chaired a meeting on environmental problems[204] Within the scope of the "Year of Environment", the "Azerbaijan for a Green World" international ecological exhibition was held to which President Aliyev attended on September 17, 2010. [114], Ilham Aliyev has sought to expand relations with the US. [285][286][287] "ASAN service" is currently researched and applied by foreign countries, including Albania, Italy, Estonia, Republic of Macedonia, Indonesia and others.[288]. In 1995, Aliyev was elected to the Parliament of Republic of Azerbaijan; later he became president of the National Olympic Committee (still incumbent). [140][141][142][7] Accordingly, on 6 April 2015, he visited to the OIC Headquarter in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and met with Secretary General of the OIC. Ilham Heydar oğlu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, [ilham hejˈdæɾ oɣˈɫu æˈlijɪf]; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan. [17][18], In 1999, Ilham Aliyev was elected as the deputy chair of the ruling party New Azerbaijan Party and in 2001, he was elected to the post of first deputy chair at the Second Congress of the Party.