The Embassy of Azerbaijan in
Washington, D.C.
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is the
diplomatic mission
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of the
Republic of Azerbaijan
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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
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in late December 1991. The United States opened the
U.S. Embassy in
Baku, Azerbaijan on March 16, 1992.
The
chancery
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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 (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
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Azerbaijani American
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Foreign relations of Azerbaijan
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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
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1992 establishments in Washington, D.C.
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