The Republic of Azerbaijan and the European Union have maintained a generally positive relationship through the years and have become more closely linked since 1991, although both have faced several c
President of European Council Charles Michel meeting in Baku with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, July 2021
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev meet with President of the European Council Donald Tusk with Brussels, Belgium, July 2018.
Aliyev meeting with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, July 2022
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Azerbaijan–European Union relations
…both have faced several challenges in recent years. Azerbaijan is currently part of the European Neighborhood Policy, the Eastern Partnership and the Council of Europe, although the country has announced that it will consider withdrawing from the latter. According to Charles Michel, former President of the European…
Plaque commemorating the first session of the Council of Europe Assembly at Strasbourg University
Session of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly in the former House of Europe in Strasbourg in 1967. Willy Brandt, German Minister for Foreign Affairs, is speaking.
Winston Churchill's inaugural speech of the Council of Europe in The Hague
Council's Parliamentary Assembly hemicycle