BILATERAL RELATIONS

BILATERAL RELATIONS

Information on history of bilateral relations

On December 31, 1991 the Kingdom of The Netherlands recognized the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan; on April 1, 1992 diplomatic relations between two countries was established.

The Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan was opened in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in May 2007.

Legal base of bilateral relations

10 documents were signed between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on air transportation (11 July 1996)
Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on cooperation program (24 April 1998)
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on mutual administrative assistance for the correct application of customs legislation and customs offenses prevention, investigation and combating with them (30 January 2002)
Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Ministry of Justice of the Republic Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (4 February 2002)
Memorandum of Understanding between Azerbaijan and Netherlands on the program of economic cooperation (21 February 2002)
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on international road transport (25 May 2004)
Convention between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on avoidance of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and property and prevention of tax evasion (22 September 2008)
Memorandum of Understanding between the State Border Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Repatriation and Departure Service of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the fight against illegal migration (1 July 2009)
The Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the field of non-operating cooperation (10 August 2010)
The Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the field of water management cooperation (6 November 2014)

Main high level visits and meetings

Head of states and governments

7 may 2009	Meeting between President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Jan Peter Balkenende in the framework of Prague Eastern Partnership Summit
1 December 2010	Meeting between President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte in the framework of OSCE Summit in Astana
23 January 2014	Meeting between President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte in the framework of Davos Economic Forum
23-25 March 2014	Working visit of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to the Netherlands with aim to participate in the Third Nuclear Security Summit held in the Hague on 24-25 March 2014
Ministers
4-6 February 2002		Visit of the Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan Fazil Mammadov to the Netherlands
12-19 May 2002		Visit of the Minister of Education of Azerbaijan Misir Mardanov to the Netherlands
4-10 December 2007		Visit of the Minister of Health of Azerbaijan Ogtay Shiraliyev to the Netherlands
6-8 December 2007		Visit of the Minister of Education of Azerbaijan Misir Mardanov to the Netherlands
29 June - 2 July 2009		Visit of the Chief of State Border Service of Azerbaijan Elchin Guliyev to the Netherlands
25-28 October 2009		Visit of the Chairman of Sate Migration Service of Azerbaijan Arzu Rahimov to the Netherlands
8-12 August 2010		Visit of Minister of Justice of the Netherlands Ernst Hirsch Ballin to Azerbaijan
17-19 May 2011		Visit of the Minister of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan Kamaladdin Heydarov to the Netherlands
6-7 March 2012		Visit of the Minister of Infrastructure and Environment of the Netherlands Melanie Henriëtte Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus to Azerbaijan
10-12 June 2012		The official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov to the Netherlands
12-14 September 2012		Visit of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation Maxime Jacques Marcel Verhagen to Azerbaijan
4 February 2014		The official visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Frans Timmermans to Azerbaijan
2-5 April 2014		Visit of Executive Director of State Oil Fond of Azerbaijan Shamhar Movsumov to the Netherlands
22-25 April 2014		Visit of the Chairman of Sate Migration Service of Azerbaijan Firuddin Nabiyev to the Netherlands
12-14 May 2014		Visit of the General Director of Repatriation and Departure Service of the Netherlands Rodia Maas to Azerbaijan
4 September 2014		Meeting of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov with his Dutch collegue Frans Timmermans in the framework of NATO Wales Summit
10-11 October 2014		Visit of General Director of Migration and Naturalization Service Rob van Lint to Azerbaijan
6-7 November 2014 15-17 April 2015 21-23 April 2015 22-23 April 2015 27 September 2015 10-11 May 2016 8-10 February 2017		Visit of the Minister of Infrastructure and Environment of the Netherlands Melanie Henriëtte Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus to Azerbaijan Visit of Minister of Communication and High Technologies of Azerbaijan Ali Abbasov in the framework of participation in Global Conference of CyberSpace 2015 held in the Hague Visit of the Minister of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan Kamaladdin Heydarov to the Netherlands Visit of the Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev to the Netherlands Meeting of Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov with his Dutch colleague Bert Koenders in the framework of UN General Assembly Visit of the Minister of Economy of the Netherlands Henk Kamp to Azerbaijan Visit of the Chairman of Sate Migration Service of Azerbaijan Firuddin Nabiyev to the Netherlands
2 February 2018		Visit of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov to the Netherlands

25 – 28 Fevruary 2018	Visit of H.E Mr. Ali Hasanov, head of public-political issues division of the Presidential Administration, Assistant of the President on public-political affairs to the Netherlands
1 - 3 November 2018	Visit of Chairman of State Committee on Work with Diaspora of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Mr. Fuad Muradov to the Netherlands
28 – 31 January 2019	Visit of Chairman of State Migration Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Mr. Vusal Huseynov to the Netherlands
14-16 May 2019	Visit of Chairman of Committee on State Property Issues of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Mr. Karam Hasanov to the Netherlansd

Economic cooperation

In recent years bilateral economic missions, business forums, as well as other activities organized with support of the Embassy opened a new phase in practical cooperation between Azerbaijan and the Netherlands. Azerbaijan - Netherlands Business Hub has been operating since 2016.

Several business forums were organized between two countries: 2012, 2013(twice), 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

According to the information of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan 9.1% (668 million US dollars) of direct investments to non-oil sector is made by the Dutch investors. This number brings the Netherlands to the 4^th place after Turkey, Great Britain and USA.

Other fields of bilateral cooperation

Joint MBA (Master of Business Administration) program in the field of energy management opened in 2013 between Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy and Maastricht School of Management successfully continues. Graduates of this program are granted by both ADA and MSM diplomas.

Institute of International Relations of the Netherlands “Clingendael” organizes the annual training course for Eastern Partnership countries’ diplomats. The cooperation between Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy and Clingendael Institutes continues.

In the framework of cooperation between Embassy and The Hague Academy of International Law seminars related to Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are organized every year for specialist in the field of international law and legal affairs.

In order to discuss problems of diaspora, key issues of agenda and coordinate activities the Embassy regularly organizes numerous meetings, debates, exchange of views, round tables with the heads and representatives of the leading diaspora organizations - Benelux Azerbaijanis Congress, the Azerbaijani-Turkish Cultural Association, "Motherland" Union of Azerbaijani Women of the Netherlands and others as well as with representatives of Dutch community Netherlands-Azerbaijani Communication Platform – NACP and Dutch Friends of Azerbaijan created by Dutch society.

Since 16^th of December 2013 with the aim to promote Azerbaijani language and literature with support of the Embassy the school named after Nizami Ganjavi was opened and started its activity under coordination of "Motherland" Union of Azerbaijani Women of the Netherlands. Besides the Azerbaijani language and literature students gain knowledge on ancient history of our country, rich culture and so on. In order to keep classes on needed level the Embassy provides the school with textbooks and manuals.

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