title: 2017 in Azerbaijan
text: # 2017 in Azerbaijan
  
  Events in the year 2017 in Azerbaijan.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Ilham Aliyev
  * Vice President: Mehriban Aliyeva (starting 21 February)
  * Prime Minister: Artur Rasizade
  
  ## Events
  
  ### January
  
  | January 24 | Djibouti recognized the Khojaly Massacre as an act of genocide in 2017. |
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  ### March
  
  | March 14–18 | First Baku International Water Week |
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  | Mach 16 | Started the V Global Baku Forum |
  
  ### May
  
  | May 5–6, 2017 | 4th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue |
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  | May 12–22 | 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games |
  
  ### June
  
  | June 25 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix |
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  ### August
  
  | August 1 | "Sea Cup-2017" international contest was held within the International Army Games |
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  ### September
  
  | September 14 | Contract of the Century was signed. |
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  | September 20-October 1, | 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship |
  
  ### October
  
  | October 30 | Opening of the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway |
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  ### December
  
  | December 21 | The Parliament of Paraguay recognized the Khojaly massacre as an act of genocide in 2017 |
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  ## Deaths
  
  * 19 January – Jalal Allakhverdiyev, mathematician (b. 1929).
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Jalal Allakhverdiyev
  * Boxing at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games
  