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Azerbaijan–Mexico Relations
The nations of Azerbaijan and Mexico established diplomatic relations in 1992. Both nations are members of the United Nations. History In May 1978, Mexican President, José López Portillo, visited the city of Baku while on a visit to the USSR. In April 1982, future President Heydar Aliyev paid a visit to Mexico as head of a Soviet Delegation and met with President José López Portillo. At the time, Aliyev was only a candidate of the Soviet Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Politburo. In December 1991, Mexico recognized the independence of Azerbaijan after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. On 14 January 1992, both nations established diplomatic relations. At first, diplomatic relations between both nations were carried out from their respective embassies; the Azeri embassy in Washington, D.C., United States and from the Mexican embassy in Ankara, Turkey. In 2007, Azerbaijan opened an embassy in Mexico City. In 2011, the Senate of the Republic (Mexico), Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918 and became the first secular democratic Muslim-majority state. In 1920, the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR. The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the same year. In September 1991, the ethnic Armenian majority of the Nagorno-Karabakh region formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |