2014 in Azerbaijan

Incumbents

• President: Ilham Aliyev
• Prime Minister: Artur Rasizade

  Events

February

• February 13 - National Congress of Honduras recognizes Azerbaijani territories and Khojaly Massacre

  March

• March 3 - US State of Indiana recognizes the Khojaly Massacre

  April

• April 16 - Inauguration of the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku
• April 23 - Opening of the new air terminal complex at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport
• April 28 - Official opening of the Second Global Open Society Forum in Baku

  May

• May 5 - Inauguration of new buildings of the Central Library of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and “National Encyclopedia of Azerbaijan” Scientific Centre

  June

• June 5 - The 4th Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States

  August

• August 1 - At least eight Azeri soldiers are killed following clashes with Armenian troops on the border and near the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Azerbaijan said Armenia had also suffered losses, although it did not provide any details.
• August 2 - Five more Azeri troops are killed in overnight fighting with ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. The casualties bring the death toll to at least 13 in a flare-up of violence over the last few days around Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia has said that any further escalation is unacceptable.
• August 3 - Four Azerbaijani soldiers are killed in fresh clashes with Armenian groups near the border of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
• August 9 - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev declares a ‘state of war’ with Armenia on Twitter saying “We are not living in peace, we are living in a state of war".

  Semtember

• September 1 - Foreign Affairs Committee of Sudan recognizes Khojaly Massacre
• September 20 - Foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Southern Gas Corridor

  October

• October 2 - The 4th International Humanitarian Forum was held in Baku

  November

• November 12 - Azerbaijan shoots down an Armenian Mil Mi-24 military helicopter.

  December

• December 26 - Inauguration of Heydar Mosque in Baku