Azerbaijan–Romania relations

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Azerbaijan–Romania relations
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Envoy
Azerbaijan Ambassador to Romania Huseyn Nacafov Romanian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasile Soare

Foreign relations exist between Azerbaijan and Romania. The countries have established embassies in their respective capitals. The Azeri president visited Romania in October 2004 and the two nations have signed over fifty separate agreements to date. [1] Azerbaijan have an embassy in Bucharest. Romania has an embassy in Baku. Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.

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History

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Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2014

Romania officially recognized Azerbaijan's independence on December 11, 1991. The Embassy of Romania in Azerbaijan was opened on November 3, 1998, and Embassy of Azerbaijan in Romania on May 19, 2001. Daniel Cristian Ciobanu is an ambassador of Romania in Azerbaijan and Farid Abdinbayov is an ambassador of Azerbaijan in Romania appointed by decree of Azerbaijani president dated June 27, 2013. [2]

The two countries established diplomatic relations on June 19, 1992. While the two share mutual areas in multiple areas, the main focus has been on trade and energy links, [3] with trade delegations and frequent talks regarding the further development of such ties and an increase in bilateral trade since trade originating from Azerbaijan approximately five times the quantity ($161 million) of those from Romania ($31.83 million). [4] [5]

As an existing member, Romania has been a strong advocate of Azerbaijan's future membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), pointing out the strategic importance of the country for trade and shipping, particularly with a view towards Afghanistan. [6]

Agreements

In 2000, Azerbaijan and Romania signed an agreement on bilateral defence cooperation, [7] followed by a similar agreement on information sharing in 2004. [8] In December 2007, a Romanian energy delegation visited Azerbaijan. The two parties discussed a gas pipeline and emphasised the importance of the two nations' cooperation in order to provide "energy security in Europe". [9] [10]

State visits

In 2004, the Azeri president made a two-day state visit to Romania, during which time, the two leaders held private meetings on a range of issues, including, inter alia, the relationship between the two countries and opportunities for cooperation on counter- terrorism. Eleven separate were signed as a result of these meetings. [11] Also during this visit, the president officially opened a new embassy building, emphasising the role of the embassy in the continuation and development of relations between the nations. [11]

High-level mutual visits

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Presidents

DateReasonPresidents
12 July 1995official visitPresident of Azerbaijan H. Aliyev
2March 1996official visitPresident of Romania I. Iliescu
329 June – 1 July 1998official visitPresident of Romania E. Constantinescu
47 – 8 September 1998working visit for International Conference on restoration of historical silk routePresident of Romania E. Constantinescu
511-12 October 2004official visitPresident of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev
65 June 2006working visit for “Black Sea ForumPresident of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev
711-12 October 2006official visitPresident of Romania T. Băsescu
819 June 2007working visit for GUAM SummitPresident of Romania T. Băsescu
924-25 September 2007working visit for opening of Tey Park – Heydar Aliyev Alley and Representation of Heydar Aliyev Foundation in RomaniaPresident of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev
102-4 April 2008working visit for NATO Bucharest SummitPresident of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev
1121 August 2008working visitPresident of Romania T. Băsescu
1228-29 September 2009official visitPresident of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev
1313-14 September 2010working visit for AGRI SummitPresident of Romania T. Băsescu
1418-19 April 2011official visitPresident of Romania, T. Băsescu

Prime Ministers

DateReasonMinisters
126-27 June 2013official visitPrime Minister of Romania, Mr. Victor Ponta

Chairmen of Parliament

DateReason
18-20 December 2006official visitChairman of Azerbaijani Parliament Ogtay Asadoy visited to Romania, and he met with President T. Băsescu and other top officials of Romanian parliament.
18-20 June 2008visit on the occasion of 90th anniversary of the establishment of Parliament of Azerbaijana parliamentary delegation led by speaker of the senate Nicolae Vacaroiu
13-16 March 2013official visitChairman of Chamber of Deputies, Valeriu Zgonea

Documents

Political sphere

DocumentsDateLocation
1Protocol on cooperation between Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania27 April 1995 Baku
2Memorandum of Intent between the Government of Azerbaijan and the Government of Romania27 April 1995 Baku
3Declaration on establishment of friendship relations and partnership between Azerbaijan and Romania2 July 1995 Bucharest
4Agreement on friendship relations and cooperation between the Azerbaijan and Romania27 March 1996 Baku
5Declaration on development of friendship relations and partnership between Azerbaijan and Romania30 June 1998 Bucharest
6Declaration on partnership between Azerbaijan and Romania29 October 2002 Baku
7Joint Declaration of President of Azerbaijan and President of Romania2004 and 2006 Baku and Bucharest
8Declaration on Agreement of establishing strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and Romania28 September 2009 Bucharest
9Joint Action Plan on the realization of strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and Romania18 April 2011 Baku
10Protocol of Cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania18 April 2011 Baku

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Resident diplomatic missions

See also

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