The Embassy of Azerbaijan in
Washington, D.C.
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is the
diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually deno ...
of the
Republic of Azerbaijan to the
United States
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. It is located on
Embassy Row
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at 2741 34th Street,
NW, NW Washington, DC.
The embassy opened on March 6, 1992, after the
dissolution of Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
in late December 1991. The United States opened the
U.S. Embassy in
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
, Azerbaijan on March 16, 1992.
The
chancery is housed in a 1949 building, with a current estimated value of $3,417,500. It was purchased by the Azerbaijani government on March 22, 2000, for $1,595,000. The building is in the District of Columbia Public School District.
Ambassadors
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Hafiz Pashayev
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(November 1992 – November 2006)
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Yashar Aliyev (November 2006 – October 26, 2011)
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Elin Suleymanov
Elin Emin oglu Suleymanov ( az, Elin Emin oğlu Süleymanov) is the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Kingdom and former Ambassador of Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States.
Early years
A career diplomat, Suleymanov w ...
(October 26, 2011 – 2021)
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Khazar Ibrahim (September 15, 2021 – present)
See also
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Diplomatic missions of Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan–United States relations
According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report, 53% of Azerbaijanis approve of U.S. leadership, with 27% disapproving and 21% uncertain.
History
A first encounter of the United States-Azerbaijani inter-state relations was the meeting betwee ...
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Azerbaijani American
Azerbaijani Americans ( az, Amerikalı Azərbaycanlılar) are Americans of the Azerbaijani ancestry from the Republic of Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan or people possessing Azerbaijani, Iranian, and/or American citizenship. Most Azerbaijani A ...
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Foreign relations of Azerbaijan
References
External links
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Azerbaijan–United States relations
Buildings and structures completed in 1949
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 th ...
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
1992 establishments in Washington, D.C.
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