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Mme Leyla Abdullayeva, Ambassadrice de la République d’Azerbaïdjan en 🇫🇷, a eu l’honneur de prendre part au déjeuner des femmes ambassadrices aux côtés de Madame Brigitte Macron, Première dame de France. Cette rencontre a été l’occasion d’échanges constructifs et de réflexions partagées sur des sujets importants tels que les droits et le bien-être des femmes et des enfants, l’éducation, la santé, ainsi que d’autres enjeux sociaux. L’Ambassadrice Leyla Abdullayeva a adressé ses sincères remerciements à Madame Brigitte Macron pour son accueil chaleureux, sa disponibilité et son aimable hospitalité.

After five years, Qarabağımsan (Land of the Nightingale) is finally out. A love letter and a love song to its people and its land. With love and gratitude. SY — Music composed and arranged by Sami Yusuf Words by Aytan Ismikhanova. Commissioned by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan 🔗 🎧 SY.lnk.to/Qarabagimsan

Ethnic Cleansing of Azerbaijanis: Lost Homeland, Erased Heritage. #WesternAzerbaijan #EthnicCleansing

Formula 1’de yankılanan Azerbaycan Milli Marşı globalde gündem oldu, dinleyenleri hayran bıraktı.

Ravie d’assister à l’échange d’allocations entre le President de la République française M. Emmanuel Macron et la Sainteté le Pape Leon XIV au palais de l’Elysée. #PapeÀParis #VoyageApostolique

Journée du «Cinéma azerbaïdjanais à Paris». Des films d'animation & le documentaire consacré à Mirza Gadim Iravani, l'un des plus éminents représentants de la peinture azerbaïdjanaise, produits par l'Agence cinématographique d'Azerbaïdjan, ont été projetés au Centre culturel.

Découvrez l’#Azerbaïdjan, le pays ou se rencontrent l’Orient et l’Occident. La capitale #Bakou - une ville surprenante, un contraste éternelle entre modernité et tradition. Prenez la route avec Francois Mazure, direction le pays « du feu ». 🎥 Un monde à part #RTBF

The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan was fought on a historical front, too. Though the conflict is over, apparently, a historical debate is not. To claim Karabakh, Armenian historians have rewritten the region's history. They did it with the help of many Western experts and historians who rarely fact-checked stories that were promoted for several decades, if not a century, thanks to the presence of a strong and aggressive diaspora in the West. One such area of battlefield is the history of Caucasian Albania, which was located in the territory of modern-day Azerbaijan. It is under a new, fresh attack from Armenia & diaspora. For Armenian nationalists, the theory on Caucasian Albania is absolutely unacceptable, as it destroys the edifice built over the last three hundred years about Great Armenia, which, according to them, included Karabakh and other territories in the South Caucasus, overlapping with Caucasian Albania. Frequently, Armenian scholars point to Armenian churches as evidence of their historical presence. American scholars Gerard Toal & John Loughlin point out in this regard that “the Armenian Church has a long and complicated geographical footprint across the Middle East, Anatolia and Caucasus… churches, graveyards and religious stones are taken as evidence of original ownership of territories under dispute and the basis for making claims to territories that may not otherwise be under dispute. Such discourses seek to imagine territory as sacred space, sacred not simply for its religious meaning but more broadly as the ancient patrimony of the modern nation” (doi.org/10.1080/21622671.201…). Interestingly enough, some Armenian historians, such as renowned American scholar of Armenian origin Ronald Suny, in 1989 (the conflict just began) acknowledged the heritage and legacy of Caucasian Albania, believing that mountainous Karabakh was inhabited by Albanians who "eventually merged with the Armenians" (doi.org/10.2307/3012134), which means that Karabakh Armenians are partly Armenized Albanians. (Other segments were a result of resettlement carried out by Russia in the 19th century - a well-documented event.) This, in turn, means that churches in Karabakh (ancient) were Albanians, at least in part. Another interesting fact is that Russia (Count Potemkin) initially, in 18 century, was thinking of creating two vassal states in the Caucasus - Armenia and Albania. (books.google.az/books/about/…) There are many facts like that debunking the idea that Caucasian Albania is "pseudohistorical", though much more research should be carried out to resurface the true history (more on this in my op-ed eurasiareview.com/26052021-c…. ) However, unlikely any further significant research will dissuade Armenian radicals from pursuing their false dreams, which killed thousands of people, including their own compatriots. But responsibility also lies with some Western intellectuals who inspired those radicals to see territorial acquisition based on imagined history.

The grave monument of Hasan Jalal Allahverdibekov, a descendant of Hasan Jalal Dawla. Until the beginning of the 20th century, members of this lineage continued to bear the name of their illustrious ancestor — Hasan Jalal Dawla, the Albanian ruler and founder of the Gandzasar Monastery — passing it down through generations. This monument stands as a tangible testament to centuries of historical continuity and ancestral memory. #AlbanianChurch #Christianity

🇦🇿🇨🇭L’Azerbaïdjan à l’honneur à Montreux ! À l’occasion du 80ᵉ anniversaire du Septembre Musical de Montreux-Vevey, la culture azerbaïdjanaise sera mise à l’honneur du 9 au 18 septembre 2026. 🎶 Le point culminant : le « Azerbaijan Culture Gala », le 14 septembre à 20h à l’Auditorium Stravinski, réunira plus de 200 artistes azerbaïdjanais. Parmi les artistes annoncés : Yusif Eyvazov, Alim Qasimov, Sevda Alakbarzadeh, Isfar Sarabski, Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev, Elmina Hasan, Murad Huseynov, Fuad Ibrahimov et Jeyla Seyidova. 🌟 Une soirée exceptionnelle où mugham, opéra, musique classique, jazz et danses traditionnelles se rencontreront pour faire découvrir toute la richesse et la diversité du patrimoine culturel de l’Azerbaïdjan. 🇦🇿🇨🇭 Une invitation au voyage et une magnifique rencontre culturelle entre l’Azerbaïdjan et la Suisse. 👉 Ne manquez pas cette soirée unique à Montreux et venez découvrir l’Azerbaïdjan à travers ses grands artistes ! Organisé avec le soutien du @culture_gov_az 🎫:septembremusical.ch #AzerbaijanCulture #Azerbaijan #Montreux #SeptembreMusical #AzerbaijanCultureGala #Mugham #Culture #AzerbaïdjanSuisse

A meeting between President Ilham Aliyev and President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was held in Bishkek. president.az/en/articles/vie…