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2014 in Azerbaijan

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Other events of 2014 Timeline of Azerbaijani history

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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Incumbents

  • President: Ilham Aliyev
  • Prime Minister: Artur Rasizade

    • August

  • August 1 - At least eight Azeri soldiers are killed following clashes with Armenian troops on the border and near the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Azerbaijan said Armenia had also suffered losses, although it did not provide any details.
  • August 2 - Five more Azeri troops are killed in overnight fighting with ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. The casualties bring the death toll to at least 13 in a flare-up of violence over the last few days around Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia has said that any further escalation is unacceptable.
  • August 3 - Four Azerbaijani soldiers are killed in fresh clashes with Armenian groups near the border of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
  • August 9 - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev declares a ‘state of war’ with Armenia on Twitter saying “We are not living in peace, we are living in a state of war".

    • November

  • November 12 - Azerbaijan shoots down an Armenian Mil Mi-24 military helicopter.

    • References

    2014 in Azerbaijan Wikipedia
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