What is Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Azerbaijan)?
{{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan | nativename = Azərbaycan Respublikasının Xarici İşlər Nazirliyi | logo = | logo_width = | logo_caption = | seal = Emblem of Azerbaijan.svg | seal_width = 120px | seal_caption = Coat of arms of Azerbaijan | formed = May 28, 1918 | jurisdiction = [[Politics of Azerbaijan|Government of Azerbaijan]] | headquarters = 4 Shikhali Gurbanov St., [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]] 1009 | employees = | budget = | minister1_name = [[Jeyhun Bayramov]] | minisrer1_pfo = | website = [http://www.mfa.gov.az/en www.mfa.gov.az] | footnotes = }} The '''Ministry of Foreign Affairs''' ({{lang-az|Аzərbаycаn Respublikasının Xarici İşlər Nazirliyi}}) is the Azerbaijani [[government]] [[Ministry (government department)|ministry]] which [[Management|manages]] the [[Foreign policy|foreign relations]] of [[Azerbaijan]]. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan was established on May 28, 1918, during [[Azerbaijan Democratic Republic|the first Republic of Azerbaijan]]. After Azerbaijan was [[Invasion|occupied]] by the [[Red Army]] and [[Annexation|became a part]] of the [[Soviet Union]] on 28 April, 1920 as the [[Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic]] (Azerbaijan SSR), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was abolished and was replaced by People's Foreign Affairs Commissariat (PFAC). The People's Foreign Affairs Commissariat, had little power because Azerbaijan was no longer [[independent]] and followed Soviet foreign policy. However, the [[Soviet]] [[government]] allowed the People's Foreign Affairs Commissariat of Azerbaijan to conduct certain ties with foreign countries. After the Soviet Union ended and Azerbaijan gained its independence in 1991, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established, again in charge of the foreign policy of Azerbaijan. [[Jeyhun Bayramov]] is the current [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan since July 2020. ==Related pages== * [[Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan]] == Other websites == *