BILATERAL RELATIONS
AZERBAİJAN -JORDANRELATİONS
Briefhistoricalinformation:
Jordanrecognizedtheindependence of theRepublic of Azerbaijan on December28, 1991.Thediplomaticrelationsbetweenthetwocountrieswereestablished on February 13, 1993. Embassy of the HashemiteKingdom of Jordanto Azerbaijanwasopened on May 5, 2007. Embassy of theRepublic of AzerbaijantoJapanwasopened on March 28, 2006.
High-levelmutualvisits:
Head of States:
August 22-23, 2006 – Kingof theHashemiteKingdom of JordanHis MajestyAbdullah II official visit.
June 29-30, 2007 –President of the Republic of Azerbaijan His Exellency Mr. İlhamAliyev official visit.
May 6, 2008 – Kingof theHashemiteKingdom of JordanHis MajestyAbdullah IIworkingvisit.
October12-13, 2009–President of theRepublic of AzerbaijanMr. IlhamAliyevofficialvisit.
May 15-17, 2010 – visitbyKingof theHashemiteKingdom of JordanHis MajestyAbdullah IIofficialvisit.
Head of Governments:
November 6-8, 2006– PrimeMinister of theHashemiteKingdom of JordanHis ExellencyMr.MarufBahitofficialvisit.
Chairmen of Parliament:
May 6-9, 2013 –JordanianSenatePresidentHis ExellencyMr. TaherMasrivisit(toparticipateinSouthCaucasus Forum).
April 27-30, 2014–JordanianSenatePresidentHis ExellencyMr. Abdelraouf al-Rawabdehvisit(toparticipatein2nd GlobalSharedSocietiesForum).
Inter-parliamentaryrelations:
ThereisAzerbaijan-JordanInter-ParliamentaryFriendshipGroupinAzerbaijaniParliament (the Milli Majlis). TheParliamentaryGroupwhichconsists of 7members, ischairedbyMr.ArastunJavadov, MP.
Jordan-AzerbaijanInter-ParliamentaryFriendshipGroupwasestablishedintheParliament(House of Representatives) ofJordan on March 31, 2014. TheHouse of RepresentativesInter-ParliamentaryFriendshipGroupchairedbyMr.HazemQashu, MP.TheJordan-Azerbaijaninter-parliamentaryBrotherhoodCommeteewasalsoestablishedintheSenate(upperhouse of theParliament) on July 15, 2014and chairedbyMr.MahammadSqur.
Bilateralcooperation:
Politicalconsultationsbetweentheforeignministries:
August 17-22,2001 - DeputyforeignministerHis ExellencyMr.Kh.Khalafovvisit.
April 8-10, 2007-Minister of foreignaffairsof theRepublic of AzerbaijanHis ExellencyMr. Elmar Mammadyarovofficialvisit.
November 6-7, 2007 - DeputyforeignministerHis ExellencyMr.V.Sadiqovworkingvisit.
Mainagreements and treaties:
1. FrameworkAgreementbetweentheGovernmentof theRepublic of Azerbaijan and Governmentof theHashemiteKingdom of Jordan on bilateralcooperation
2. Memorandum of understandingbetweentheMinistry of ForeignAffairs of theRepublic of Azerbaijan and Ministry of ForeignAffairs of theHashemiteKingdom of Jordan.
3. AgreementbetweentheGovernmentof theRepublic of Azerbaijan and Governmentof theHashemiteKingdom of Jordan on visaexemptionforholders of diplomatic and servicepassports.
Contractual-legalbasis:
Over37documentsweresignedbetweentheRepublic of Azerbaijan and theHashemiteKingdomof Jordan