Brief of diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia were established on November 18, 1992. The Embassy of Georgia in Azerbaijan was opened on February 1995. The Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Georgia was opened on March,1996.
Mr. Faig Guliyev, Ambassador of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Georgia (credential presented to the President of Georgia on 02 October, 2020).
Mr. Zurab Pataradze, Ambassador of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Azerbaijan (credential presented to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 29 August, 2018).
Consulate General of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Batumi started its activity in 2010.
Consul General of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Batumi is Mr. Parviz Ismailzadeh.
Consulate General of Georgia in Ganja started its activity in 2013. Consul General of Georgia in Ganja is Mr. Nikoloz Iashvili.
Bilateral contractual-legal basis
08 March 1996, the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Security between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Georgia;
04 March 2004, Joint Declaration between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Georgia;
14 June 2004, Joint Communique between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Georgia;
More than 100 agreements have been signed between Azerbaijan and Georgia.
High-level visits and meetings:
The visits of Heads of state of the Republic of Azerbaijan
The visits of National Leader Heydar Aliyev
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08-10 March 1996 |
visit of the President H.Aliyev; |
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24 January 1998 |
visit of the President H.Aliyev; |
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17 April 1999 |
visit of the President H.Aliyev; |
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22-23 March 2000 |
visit of the President H.Aliyev |
The visits of the President Mr.İlham Aliyev
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14-15 June 2004 |
visit of the President I.Aliyev; |
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12 October 2005 |
visit of the President I.Aliyev; |
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7 February 2007 |
visit of the President I.Aliyev; |
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12 May 2007 |
visit of the President I.Aliyev; |
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21 November 2007 |
visit of the President I.Aliyev; |
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1 July 2008 |
visit of the President I.Aliyev; |
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18 July 2010 |
visit of the President I.Aliyev; |
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29 June 2012 |
visit of the President I.Aliyev; |
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6 May 2014 |
visit of the President I.Aliyev; |
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06 November 2015 |
visit of the President I.Aliyev |
The visits of Heads of state of Georgia
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18-20 February 1997 |
visit of the President E.Shevardnadze; |
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09 May 1998 |
visit of the President E.Shevardnadze; |
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29 September 2001 |
visit of the President E.Shevardnadze; |
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17-18 September 2002 |
visit of the President E.Shevardnadze; |
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4-5 March 2004 |
visit of the President M. Saakashvili; |
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24-25 May 2005 |
visit of the President M. Saakashvili; |
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18-19 June 2007 |
visit of the President M. Saakashvili; |
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24 October 2008 |
visit of the President M. Saakashvili; |
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13-14 November 2008 |
visit of the President M. Saakashvili; |
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20-22 May 2009 |
visit of the President M. Saakashvili; |
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14 September 2010 |
visit of the President M. Saakashvili; |
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6-7 March 2012 |
visit of the President M. Saakashvili; |
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27-28 February 2013 |
visit of the President M. Saakashvili; |
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7-8 March 2013 |
visit of the President M. Saakashvili; |
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12-13 February 2014 |
visit of the President G. Margvelashvili; |
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10-11 March 2016 |
visit of the President G. Margvelashvili; |
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16-17 March 2017 |
visit of the President G. Margvelashvili |
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27-28 February 2019 |
visit of the President S. Zourabichvili |
Heads of Government: (since 2004)
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3 June 2005 |
visit of the Prime minister A.Rasizade; |
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5 July 2006 |
visit of the Prime minister A.Rasizade; |
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16 August 2006 |
visit of the Prime minister A.Rasizade; |
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30 November 2006 |
visit of the Prime minister Z.Nogaideli; |
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25 December 2006 |
visit of the Prime minister Z.Nogaidelil; |
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4 April 2007 |
visit of the Prime minister Z.Nogaideli; |
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27 September 2007 |
visit of the Prime minister Z.Nogaideli; |
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13 March 2008 |
visit of the Prime minister L.Gurgenidze; |
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16 March 2008 |
visit of the Prime minister A.Rasizade; |
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4 December 2008 |
visit of the Prime minister A.Rasizade; |
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1-2 June 2009 |
visit of the Prime minister N.Gilauri; |
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23 July 2010 |
visit of the Prime minister N.Gilauri; |
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20 December 2011 |
visit of the Prime minister A.Rasizade; |
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16 July 2012 |
visit of the Prime minister İ.Merabişvili; |
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26-27 December 2012 |
visit of the Prime minister B. Ivanishvili; |
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17 November 2013 |
visit of the Prime minister A.Rasizade; |
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16-17 December 2013 |
visit of the Prime minister I. Garibashvili; |
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11-12 September 2014 |
visit of the Prime minister I. Garibashvili; |
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20 September 2014 |
visit of the Prime minister I. Garibashvili; |
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10 October 2015 |
visit of the Prime minister I. Garibashvili; |
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16 May 2016 |
visit of the Prime minister A.Rasizade; |
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31 August 2016 |
visit of the Prime minister G.Kvirikashvili; |
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30 October 2017 |
visit of the Prime minister G.Kvirikashvili; |
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30 August 2018 |
visit of the Prime minister M.Bakhtadze |
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09 October 2019 |
visit of the Prime minister G.Gakharia |
Foreign Ministers:
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23 November 2005 |
visit of the Foreign Affairs Minister E.Mammadyarov; |
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26-28 August 2007 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs E.Mammadyarov; |
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22-23 December 2008 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs G.Vashadze; |
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1-3 April 2009 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs E.Mammadyarov; |
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14-15 September 2009 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs G.Vashadze; |
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07 July 2010 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs G.Vashadze; |
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14-15 October 2010 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs E.Mammadyarov; |
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18-19 January 2011 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs G.Vashadze; |
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13-14 June 2011 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs E.Mammadyarov; |
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26-27 October 2011 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs G.Vashadze; |
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18-19 March 2013 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs M.Panjikidze; |
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28 March 2013 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs E.Mammadyarov; |
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18-19 February 2014 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs M.Panjikidze; |
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8-9 September 2014 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs M.Panjikidze; |
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19-20 February 2015 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs E.Mammadyarov; |
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20-21 October 2015 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs G.Kvirikashvili; |
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06-07 March 2016 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs M.Janelidze; |
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29 August 2016 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs E.Mammadyarov; |
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12-13 February 2017 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs M.Janelidze; |
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05-06 September 2017 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs M.Janelidze; |
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08 October 2017 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs E.Mammadyarov; |
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15 March 2018 |
visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs M.Janelidze |
Heads of Parliament:
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19 June 2008 |
visit of the Head of parliament D.Bakradze; |
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6-8 July 2014 |
visit of the Head of parliament D.Usupashvili; |
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13 July 2014 |
visit of the Head of parliament O.Asadov; |
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26-27 July 2015 |
visit of the Head of parliament O.Asadov; |
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26-27 May 2018 |
visit of the Head of parliament O.Asadov |
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20 June 2019 |
visit of the Head of parliament I.Kobakhidze |
Parliamentarian relations
Parliamentarian working groups between Azerbaijan and Georgia was established in 2004.
Head of inter parliamentarian working group (consists of 21 parliamentarians) with Georgia from Azerbaijan is Mr. Aflatun Amashov Head of inter parliamentarian working group with Azerbaijan from Georgia is Mr.Zviad Dzidziguri.
Parliamentarian Group of Friendship (consists of 35 parliamentarians) between Azerbaijan-Georgia was established in Georgian parliament in March 2013 .
Economic relations
Azerbaijan is the main trade partnor of Georgia. Azerbaijan have invested more than 3 billion US dollars into Georgian economy up to now. Azerbaijan have pursued succesfull regional energy policy. Baku-Supsa, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum oil and gas pipelines as well as Baku-Tbilisi-Kars rail road have given impetus to strenghening bilateral relations.
SOCAR Georgia plays the major role of providing gas in Georgia.
Trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Georgia was 545 497,5 thousands US dollars.
Trade relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Georgia (thousands US dollars)
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Year |
Import |
Export |
Turnover |
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2012 |
129,934.6 |
570,725.6 |
700,660.2 |
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2013 |
131,290.4 |
519,175.9 |
650,466.3 |
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2014 |
93,888.8 |
529,549.1 |
623,437.9 |
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2015 |
67,992.6 |
496,196.8 |
564,189.4 |
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2016 |
51,469,2 |
343,419.4 |
394,888.6 |
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2017 |
74,148.3
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471,349.2 |
545,497.5 |
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2018 |
94 094,08 |
485 346,62 |
579 440,70 |
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2019 (January-June)
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32 386,47 |
316 233,87
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348 620,34 |
Humanitarian cooperation
On the initiative and support of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, secondary schools 73 named after M.F.Axundzade in Tbilisi, school 7 in Marneuli, school 3 in Gardabani, school 2 in Dmanisi were constructed completly. At the same time the new building of modern secondary schools in Garacalar village of Gardabani, Hasanxocali and Jafarli villages of Bolnisi and in Kirovis village of Dmanisi were constructed by Heydar Aliyev Foundation. Also secondary schools in Alget village of Marneuli, Nazarli village and kinder-garden in Gardabani district, as well as ‘Tea House’ in Marneuli, M.F.Akhundzade Azerbaijan Cultural Museum and house museum of public figure, politician and writer N.Narimanov were reconstructed by SOCAR Georgia.
Several newspapers are published in Azerbaijani language in Georgia such as “Gürcüstan”, “Müəllim”, “Maarif”, “Təhsil”, “Aydın Yol”. Heydar Aliyev Azerbaijan Dramatic Theatre, M.F.Axundzada Azerbaijan Cultural Museum and House museum of Nariman Narimanov operate in Tbilisi.
The main contracts on humanitarian sphere between Azerbaijan and Georgia
03 February 1993, The Treaty on cultural, scientific and humanitarian cooperation between the Governments of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Georgia;
18 February 1997, The Treaty on cultural coopeation the between the Governments of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Georgia. This treaty entered into force on 08 May, 1997.
Compatriots
According to the census in 2014, Azerbaijani population living in Georgia is 233 024 people.
Compatriots mostly live in Kvemo-Kartli region including Qardabani, Marneuli, Bolnisi, Dmanisi districts and in Kaxet, Shida-Kartli regions as well as in Ajaria Autonomous Republic.