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Azerbaijan’s parliament speaker meets Montenegrin counterpart

Azerbaijan’s Parliament Speaker Sahiba Gafarova met her Montenegrin counterpart Andrija Mandić in Budva on Thursday to discuss prospects for strengthening political dialogue and parliamentary cooperation between the two countries.

07 May 2026-20:56
European Parliament and Council agree to ease AI regulations

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached a provisional agreement to simplify parts of the bloc’s artificial intelligence framework while adjusting implementation timelines for high-risk systems under the EU’s AI law.

07 May 2026-17:34
Russia backs Azerbaijan’s decision to suspend ties with European Parliament

Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said she is not surprised by Azerbaijan’s decision to suspend cooperation with the European Parliament, accusing the institution of pursuing what she called a politicised and interventionist approach toward sovereign states.

07 May 2026-16:33
Solomon Islands parliament ousts PM Manele in no-confidence vote

07 May 2026-10:14
Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker holds talks with Mongolian Prosecutor General

Azerbaijan's Parliament Speaker Sahiba Gafarova on Wednesday met with a Mongolian delegation headed by Prosecutor General Jargalsaikhan Banzragch to discuss prospects for developing relations between the two countries.

06 May 2026-20:34
No nuclear talks on agenda with US, Araghchi tells lawmakers

A senior Iranian lawmaker has said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told parliament that Iran is not currently engaged in nuclear negotiations with the United States.

05 May 2026-11:25
Azerbaijan breaks with the European Parliament, not Europe

05 May 2026-10:42
Europe’s moral authority cracks over Azerbaijan

Editor’s note: Abulfaz Babazadeh is a scientist, a scholar of Japanese studies, a political observer, and a member of the Union of Journalists of Azerbaijan. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the position of News.Az.

04 May 2026-15:37
European Parliament has gone too far

The rupture between the European Parliament and Azerbaijan no longer appears to be an accidental diplomatic episode, but rather the logical outcome of accumulated contradictions. It is no longer just a series of resolutions and counterstatements — it reflects a deeper transformation in Baku’s relations with European institutions.

04 May 2026-13:23
Azerbaijani parliament adopts decision to exit EU-Azerbaijan cooperation committee

The Azerbaijani parliament has suspended cooperation with the European Parliament and ended its participation in the activities of the European Union–Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, citing what it described as the European Parliament’s “destructive position”.

01 May 2026-12:53