Bilateral relations (Azerbaijan - Uruguay)
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay were established on January 12, 1995.
2007-2010
2011
2012
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2014
2015
2016
2007-2010On October 1, 2007, the "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay" was signed and approved on November 23, 2007.
On September 21, 2011, within the framework of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Luis Almagro.
On September 21-25, 2011, the Uruguayan parliamentary delegation, which included deputy Jaime Trobo, senator Tabare Viera and Oscar Piquinela, secretary of the Uruguayan delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, visited Azerbaijan to participate in the events held on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the restoration of the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan. During the visit, the delegation was received by the head of the foreign relations department of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Novruz Mammadov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Araz Azimov and a group of Azerbaijani parliamentarians.
On October 16-20, 2011, a meeting was held between the parliamentary delegations of Azerbaijan and Uruguay within the framework of the 125th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Bern, Switzerland.
On October 19, 2011, Ambassador M. Ahmadzade also presented a copy of his credentials related to being accredited in the Eastern Republic of Uruguay to Roberto Conde Carreras, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay.
2012, March 26 - Ambassador M. Ahmadzade also presented his credentials to the president of this country, Jose Mujica Cordano, regarding the appointment of the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Eastern Republic of Uruguay.
2012, May 15 - Ambassador Mammad Ahmadzadeh met with Luis Almagro, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay.
July 27, 2012 - AR MFA Elmar Mammadyarov visited Uruguay accompanied by AR Deputy Minister of Economic Development Niyazi Safarov and heads of Azerbaijan's largest business companies. The official delegation was received by the President of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, and had meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luis Almagro, the President of the General Assembly and the Senate of Uruguay, Danilo Astori, and the President of the House of Representatives, Jorge Orrico. During the visit, the Act on the establishment of Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Groups between Azerbaijan and Uruguay was signed and the Azerbaijan-Uruguay Business Forum was held. Also, during the visit, an Agreement was signed on the elimination of the visa regime for diplomatic, service and official passports and cooperation between the diplomatic academies of the two countries.
2012, October 1 - the Working Group on inter-parliamentary relations with Uruguay was established in the AR Milli Majlis. The head of the group was Javanshir Feyziyev.
2012, October 1-2 – Enrique Canon Pedragosa, head of the National Customs Service of Uruguay, visited Azerbaijan. During the visit, he was received by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Artur Rasi-zadeh, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan Aydin Aliyev, held meetings with the members of the Friendship Group with Uruguay in the Parliament of Azerbaijan and visited the regions.
2012, October 4-5 – Members of the Friendship Group with Azerbaijan in the Uruguayan Parliament visited Azerbaijan to participate in the II Baku International Humanitarian Forum. During the visit, the delegation was received by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, and had a meeting with the Speaker of the Milli Majlis, Ogtay Asadov, the Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Elmar Mammadyarov, Deputy Minister Araz Azimov, and members of the Friendship Group with Uruguay.
2012, December 5 – A meeting was held with the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the UN, Agshin Mehdiyev, with the members of the Uruguayan delegation, who visited New York to participate in the meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (PI) held at the UN headquarters.
2013, January 18-23 – State Secretary of the Presidential Administration of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay Diego Canepa visited Azerbaijan as a special envoy of President Jose Mujica. During the visit, D. Kanepa was received by the President of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev and held other high-level meetings.
2013, March 22-26 – a meeting was held between the delegation of Uruguay and the delegation of Azerbaijan within the framework of the 128th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union held in Quito, Ecuador.
2013, April 29-May 2 – MP Javanshir Feyziyev, the chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary Working Group with Uruguay in the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and MP Aslan Jafarov, a member of that group, visited Uruguay at the invitation of the friendship group with Azerbaijan operating in the Uruguayan parliament.During the visit, the Azerbaijani delegation held meetings with members of the Uruguayan parliament and government.
2013, May 6-8 – Former President of Uruguay Luis Alberto Lacalle visited Azerbaijan to participate in the "South Caucasus Forum" organized jointly by the Nizami Ganjavi International Center and the Madrid Club with the support of the AR State Committee on Diaspora Work. Within the framework of the visit, L.A. Lacalle was received by the President of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev and held other meetings.
2013, May 21-25 – the delegation led by the Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Uruguayan Parliament, Herman Cardoso, visited Azerbaijan at the invitation of the Chairman of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ogtay Asadov. During the visit, X. Cardoso was received by the President of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev, as well as met with the Chairman of the Milli Majlis Mr. Ogtay Asadov and other officials.
2013, October 31- November 1 - a delegation of members of the Uruguayan Parliament visited Azerbaijan to participate in the 3rd Baku International Humanitarian Forum. During the visit, the delegation held meetings with Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov, Deputy Speaker of the AR Milli Majlis Ziyafat Askerov and members of the Uruguay-Azerbaijan Friendship Group in the Milli Majlis.
2014, February - the diplomatic representation in the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, with the headquarters of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Montevideo, began to operate.
2014, June 9-13 - Mr. Aydin Aliyev, Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SCC), paid an official visit to the Eastern Republic of Uruguay at the invitation of the General Director of Uruguayan Customs, Enrique Cano. During the visit, A. Aliyev, Head of Uruguayan Customs Enrique Canon, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Uruguayan Parliament Anibal Pereira, members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives of the Uruguayan Parliament and the Friendship Group with Azerbaijan in the Uruguayan Parliament, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Uruguay Tabare Aquerre and Minister of Economy and Finance of Uruguay He had meetings with Mario Bergara. Within the framework of the visit, "Agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in the field of customs work between the Government of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan" was signed.
2015, March 11 - a parliamentary delegation led by MP Javanshir Feyziyev, chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary Working Group with Uruguay in the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, visited the Eastern Republic of Uruguay. Mukhtar Babayev, Asim Mollazade, Fuad Muradov and Aslan Jafarov were members of the delegation. During the visit, the Azerbaijani delegation held meetings with the Vice President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, Chairman of the General Assembly and Senate Raul Sendik, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Uruguayan Parliament Alexadro Sanchez, Foreign Minister of Uruguay Rodolfo Nin Novoa and Vice President of the Uruguayan State Oil Company (ANCAP) Herman Riet. spent
2015, March 28 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay to Azerbaijan Anibal Cabral Segalerba presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
2015, April 28-30 - the former president of Uruguay, Luis Alberto Lacalle, also visited Azerbaijan to participate in the III Global Open Societies Forum organized in Baku.
2015, June 5 - a meeting was held between Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Uruguay Tabare Aquerre and Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Asadov within the framework of EXPO Milan 2015 International Exhibition.
2015, September 14-16 - Jose Luis Cancela, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, paid an official visit to Azerbaijan. Within the framework of the visit, X. Cancela met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, as well as held discussions with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khalaf Khalafov, within the framework of political consultations between the ministries of foreign affairs between Azerbaijan and Uruguay. Jose Luis Cancela also met with the Rector of the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hafiz Pashayev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmud Mammad-Guliyev, members of the Azerbaijan-Uruguay Interparliamentary Friendship Group, Deputy Vice President of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan V. Beylarbeyov. X. Kansela made a presentation on the economic potential of Uruguay and opportunities for mutual trade and investment in Baku Business Center organized by AZPROMO. Within the framework of the visit, a meeting was held between X. Cancela and the Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Abulfas Garayev, and during the meeting, an agreement on cooperation in the field of culture was signed between the two countries.
2015, September 25 - Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa within the framework of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly. During the meeting, discussions were held regarding the current directions of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Uruguay.
On April 25-27, 2016, Ambassador Carlos Barros, Head of the General Department of Cultural Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, participated in the VII Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations held in Baku.
To participate in the 5th International Humanitarian Forum organized in Baku on September 29-30, 2016, Gerardo Amaria, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Uruguayan Parliament, Jose Luis Cancela, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Senator of the Parliament of Uruguay Leonardo De Leon, Deputy of the House of Representatives of Uruguay Carlos Varela and Oscar Pikinella, head of the Department of International Relations of the House of Representatives of the Uruguayan Parliament, visited Azerbaijan. During the visit, the Uruguayan delegation was received by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, and also held meetings with the Chairman of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ogtay Asadov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and the Chairman of the State Committee on Work with Religious Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mubariz Gurbanli.
On October 27, 2016, Enrique Delgado Gente, Ambassador of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay to the Russian Federation and accredited to Azerbaijan, presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.
On November 30, 2016, the Uruguayan Parliament approved the new composition of the Uruguay-Azerbaijan Friendship Group consisting of members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives.