Would they be happy letting BP pump non-Russian gas into European markets from Azerbaijan?
This summer, an oil pipeline from Azerbaijan to Turkey is said to open.
This course offers a unique opportunity for participants from Azerbaijan and other countries in the region to enhance their teaching capacities in ethics.
In 2006, the late Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Fazel Lankarani declared Rafiq Tagi, a journalist from Azerbaijan, an apostate for writing an article "against Islam".
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The group blamed the weak UK economy, uncertainty over the global economic outlook and a delay in fulfilling an order for 1, 000 taxis from Azerbaijan.
But while Nabucco could supply Europe with gas from Azerbaijan, it would not help Turkmenistan, which would also need a pipeline under the Caspian if it is to bypass Russia and Iran.
In the past, many observers thought a pipeline between Baku and Supsa in Georgia could provide the optimal route for exports from offshore Azerbaijan.
It has become even more crucial as a potential transit route for Europe-bound natural gas from energy-rich Azerbaijan and Central Asia, as well as from Iraq (and eventually Iran).
Mr Aliev's triumphal return from America to Azerbaijan this summer was an extravagant affair.
The consortium will move much of that oil through the nearly complete BTC pipeline from Baku, Azerbaijan to Ceyhan, Turkey.
The discord dates back to the 1800s, when an expanding Russian empire managed to wrest control of most of what is modern-day Azerbaijan from Iran.
Indeed, that is what Turkish and Armenian diplomats have secretly done for some months, until news of the talks leaked (probably from an angry Azerbaijan).
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The rest comes from spots like Azerbaijan, Angola, Algeria and Iran, where it weathered a bribery scandal in 2004 and is developing the giant South Pars gas field.
Chairpersons and responsible representatives of IHP National Committees from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan attended the meeting together with the representatives of the UNESCO IHP Secretariat and the CIS Executive Committee, scientists from the State Hydrological Institute, State Oceanographic Institute, Arctic and Antarctic Institute, Russian State Hydrometeorological University and Institute of Water Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
He is wanted in New York for corruption stemming from the privatisation of Azerbaijan's oil company, and faces other charges in Prague.
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Following the invitation of the Government of Azerbaijan, the eight session of the Intergovernmental Committee will be held in Baku (Azerbaijan) from 2 to 8 December 2013.
Turkey promptly shelved the protocols, reverting to its old line that they could be enacted only if Armenia withdrew from territories it occupies in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan boss Berti Vogts was then dreaming of escaping from his first competitive game in charge with a rare point for Azerbaijan.
The bodies had been transported from Chechnya over the border to Azerbaijan late on Monday night.
But, though he ran Azerbaijan for 13 years from 1969 as a loyal Marxist acolyte of the Kremlin, before going on to bigger things in Moscow, times are changing.
Vokes' late, late show saved Toshack from one of the most embarrassing results in Welsh football's recent history as the Wolves striker swept Bale's corner past defiant Azerbaijan goalkeeper Kamran Agaev from close-range.
American clout has already prevented Iran from being used for the transport of Azerbaijan's oil to western markets.
They would like to see it flow from Baku, on the coast of Azerbaijan, west to the safe Turkish port of Ceyhan.
Visas matter because many people from impoverished countries such as Georgia and Azerbaijan work in relatively prosperous Russia, sending money home to their families.
Concern has been expressed in both Georgia and Azerbaijan that the fighting could spread from Chechnya.
Or harmless support from a concerned bystander with an interest in Azerbaijan?
That was my first hunch after hearing interesting stories in Azerbaijan for the past few days, but the rumours might have some credible clout given they are coming directly from SOCAR, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan.
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Turkey would indeed benefit from a peace deal, but its sway over Azerbaijan is limited despite its big Azeri population.
Starting May 1, however, Azerbaijan officially banned all Russian-made cars from serving as taxis in Baku.
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