Official visit of President Ilham Aliyev to Germany remains in the spotlight of international media
The official visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Germany continues to receive extensive coverage in international media.
As AZERTAC reports, media resources of various organizations from a number of countries around the world, as well as international news outlets, have provided detailed coverage of the meetings held during the visit, discussions on further deepening Azerbaijani-German cooperation, the signing of the Joint Declaration on the strategic agenda of bilateral partnership and the establishment of the Azerbaijan-Germany Business Council, as well as the leaders' statements to the press.
The German Foreign Ministry described the signing of the Joint Declaration on the strategic agenda of bilateral partnership during the official visit of President Ilham Aliyev as an important step in the development of bilateral relations. The ministry's director for Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia, Niklas Wagner, in a post on social network X on behalf of the German Foreign Ministry, emphasized that the document will contribute to further deepening cooperation between the two countries.
"Today we have further strengthened the strong relations between Germany and Azerbaijan through the Strategic Agenda. We will work to expand cooperation in various areas and welcome the historic momentum in relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan," the post reads. It also presents the full text of the Joint Declaration.
The visit of the head of the Azerbaijani state also received wide coverage in Vietnamese media. The portals Vietnam.vn, Baomoi.com and Quang Minh Viet Nam viewed the official visit of President Ilham Aliyev primarily in the context of energy security, strategic partnership and cooperation in the field of transport and logistics. The publications presented Germany's signing of the Joint Declaration on strategic partnership with Azerbaijan and the expansion of cooperation in the areas of energy, transport, trade, investment, infrastructure, science and technology as the main outcomes of the visit.
The publications particularly emphasized Azerbaijan's growing role as a reliable energy partner for Europe against the backdrop of reduced dependence on Russian energy resources, the importance of the Southern Gas Corridor and prospects for increasing gas supplies to Germany. At the same time, the Middle Corridor was presented as an alternative strategic transport route connecting Asia and Europe amid geopolitical risks, and Azerbaijan's investments in the Alyat port and transit infrastructure were assessed as an important factor in diversifying European supply chains.
Overall, Vietnamese media presented Azerbaijani-German relations not only as bilateral cooperation but also as an important element in ensuring Europe's energy security, developing regional connectivity and forming a new global logistics system.
The Kuwaiti news portal Nabd.com also covered the visit of the President of Azerbaijan primarily in the context of energy security, trade relations and Europe's strategy to reduce dependence on Russian energy resources. The publication highlights Germany's interest in Azerbaijani gas, the role of the Southern Gas Corridor, the possible increase in gas exports and the importance of the Middle Corridor for trade between Europe and Asia. In this context, Azerbaijani-German cooperation is viewed as part of broader global energy and logistics processes. It particularly emphasizes that not only Azerbaijan's energy resources but also its transit potential are acquiring strategic value for Europe.
A number of international media outlets provided detailed coverage of President Ilham Aliyev's statement about an informal meeting in Baku between former high-ranking representatives of Russia and Germany, at which possibilities for ending the war in Ukraine were discussed. The publications mainly focus on the fact that Azerbaijan was not informed in advance about these contacts, and Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that the German government had no connection to the meeting. Relevant materials were published in the Polish outlets Rzeczpospolita, Onet, Interia, Money.pl and Newsweek Polska, the Romanian outlets Digi24, HotNews and News.ro, the Croatian outlets Index.hr and Dnevnik.hr, the Bulgarian outlets Dnevnik, Focus News, News.bg and Vesti.bg, as well as the Slovak outlets SME, Teraz.sk and Topky.sk.
Materials from a number of other foreign media outlets were devoted to the resonance of President Ilham Aliyev's statement in the international political agenda, possible diplomatic contacts on the issue of the war in Ukraine and the positions of the parties. Relevant information was also published on the platforms of the Serbian outlets Politika, Tanjug, Novosti and N1 Srbija, the Bosnian outlets Oslobođenje and Vijesti.ba, the Croatian outlet HRT, the Turkish outlets Habertürk and Haberler, the Georgian outlets 1TV.ge and Imedi News, the Spanish outlet ABC, as well as the South Korean outlet KBS World.
