2025 in Azerbaijan

This is a list of individuals and events related to Azerbaijan in 2025.

Events

18 January – The first case of mpox in Azerbaijan is discovered from a patient in Baku who had travelled abroad.
25 January – Two cars collide in Shamkir, killing five people.
January 29–30 – The SPE Workshop on Enhanced Oil Recovery Technologies is held in Baku

February 6–7 – The IADC Drilling Caspian Conference & Exhibition is held in Baku
20 February – The government orders the suspension of operations of the BBC in Azerbaijan.
February 22 – The Congress for People with Special Needs is held in Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku
24 February – The government orders the closure of the offices of RT in Azerbaijan.

4 May – MP Azer Badamov is detained in Astrakhan, Russia amid reports that he had been barred entry by Moscow over allegations of Russophobia.

20 June – Seven journalists from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Abzas Media are sentenced to up to nine years' imprisonment on charges disputed as politically motivated by human rights groups.
29 June – The Ministry of Culture cancels all Russian-related cultural events nationwide in response to the deaths of two Azerbaijani nationals during a raid by Russian authorities in Yekaterinburg on 27 June.
30 June – Authorities raid the branch of the Russian state media outlet Sputnik in Baku on suspicion of illegal financing despite the revocation of its operating license in Azerbaijan.

1 July – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan sign an agreement in Baku to establish the Green Corridor Union, a joint venture to promote regional green energy cooperation.
10 July – President Aliyev meets with Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan in the United Arab Emirates as part of peace negotiations between their countries.
12 July – Colonel Arguj Kalantarli, head of the international relations department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, is elected as Secretary-General of the International Civil Defence Organization.

2 August – Turkey opens a pipeline to facilitate the distribution of natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria.
8 August – President Aliyev signs a peace agreement with Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan in a ceremony hosted by US president Donald Trump in the White House.

9 October – Russian president Vladimir Putin admits that Russian air defenses were responsible for the shooting down of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 over Chechnya in 2024.

22 November – A fire in a residential building in Yasamal raion of Baku leaves three people dead and 20 people hospitalized.
29 November – Ali Karimli, the leader of the opposition Azerbaijani Popular Front Party, is arrested on unspecified charges.