2024 in Azerbaijan
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This is a list of individuals and events related to Azerbaijan in 2024. In the Republic of Azerbaijan, 2024 was ordered the "Year of Solidarity for the Green World" by the Presidential order.[1]
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Events
January
- 1 January – The Republic of Artsakh in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region ceases to exist, joining Azerbaijan.[2]
February
- 7 February – 2024 Azerbaijani presidential election. President Ilham Aliyev wins reelection with more than 92% of the vote.[3]
March
- 19 March – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says he has received an ultimatum from Azerbaijan to return disputed areas or face war.[4]
- 26 March – Former Kyrgyzstan deputy Raimbek Matraimov is detained in Baku and is extradited to Bishkek.[5]
April
- 17 April – Russia begins the withdrawal of its peacekeepers from Nagorno-Karabakh.[6]
May
- 3 May – U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar is indicted for accepting over $600,000 worth of bribes from Azerbaijan.[7]
- 24 May – Azerbaijan regains control of the disputed border villages of Bağanis Ayrum (Baghanis), Aşağı Əskipara (Voskepar), Xeyrimli (Kirants) and Qızılhacılı (Berkaber) from Armenia as part of efforts towards a final peace agreement.[8]
June
- 12 June – Russia completes the withdrawal of its peacekeepers from Nagorno-Karabakh.[9]
July
- 15 July – Azerbaijan reopens its embassy in Iran following efforts to repair relations strained since 2023.[10]
August
- 20 August – Azerbaijan formally applies to join the BRICS economic bloc following a meeting between President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Baku. Aliyev also approves US$120 million to expand Russian–Azerbaijani cargo trade.[11]
September
- 1 September – 2024 Azerbaijani parliamentary election: The ruling New Azerbaijan Party of President Aliyev secures a narrow majority of 68 of 125 seats in the National Assembly.[12]
October
- 1 October – Exiled opposition activist Vidadi Isgandarli dies from wounds sustained from an attack inside his apartment in Mulhouse, France on 29 September.[13]
November
- 11–22 November – 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku.[14]
- 29 November - Detention of the journalist Aziz Orujov.[15]
December
- 6 December – Six journalists including five working for the Germany-based media outlet Meydan TV are arrested in Baku on charges of smuggling.[16]
- 25 December – Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer ERJ-190AR carrying 67 people, crashes in Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 people on board.[17] President Aliyev subsequently accuses Russia of unintentionally shooting down the aircraft.[18][19]
- 29 December – The upper age limit for conscription into the Azerbaijani Armed Forces is reduced from 35 to 30.[20]
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