2024 in Azerbaijan

Events

January

• 1 January – The Republic of Artsakh in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region ceases to exist, joining Azerbaijan.

February

• 7 February – 2024 Azerbaijani presidential election. President Ilham Aliyev wins reelection with more than 92% of the vote.

March

• 19 March – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says he has received an ultimatum from Azerbaijan to return disputed areas or face war.
• 26 March – Former Kyrgyzstan deputy Raimbek Matraimov is detained in Baku and is extradited to Bishkek.

April

• 17 April – Russia begins the withdrawal of its peacekeepers from Nagorno-Karabakh.

May

• 3 May – U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar is indicted for accepting over $600,000 worth of bribes from Azerbaijan.
• 24 May – Azerbaijan regains control of the disputed border villages of Bağanis Ayrum, Aşağı Əskipara, Xeyrimli and Qızılhacılı from Armenia as part of efforts towards a final peace agreement.

June

• 12 June – Russia completes the withdrawal of its peacekeepers from Nagorno-Karabakh.

July

• 15 July – Azerbaijan reopens its embassy in Iran following efforts to repair relations strained since 2023.

August

• 20 August – Azerbaijan formally applies to join the BRICS economic bloc following a meeting between President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Baku. Aliyev also approves US$120 million to expand Russian–Azerbaijani cargo trade.

September

• 1 September – 2024 Azerbaijani parliamentary election: The ruling New Azerbaijan Party of President Aliyev secures a narrow majority of 68 of 125 seats in the National Assembly.

October

• 1 October – Exiled opposition activist Vidadi Isgandarli dies from wounds sustained from an attack inside his apartment in Mulhouse, France on 29 September.

November

• 11–22 November – 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku.
• 29 November - Detention of the journalist Aziz Orujov.

December

• 6 December – Six journalists including five working for the Germany-based media outlet Meydan TV are arrested in Baku on charges of smuggling.
• 25 December – Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer ERJ-190AR carrying 67 people, crashes in Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 people on board. President Aliyev subsequently accuses Russia of unintentionally shooting down the aircraft.
• 29 December – The upper age limit for conscription into the Azerbaijani Armed Forces is reduced from 35 to 30.

Holidays

• 1–2 January – New Year holidays
• 19–20 January – Martyrs' Day
• 8 March – International Women's Day
• 20–24 March – Novruz holidays
• 10–11 April – Ramazan Bayram Holiday
• 9 May – Victory and Peace Day
• 28 May – Independence Day
• 15 June – National Salvation Day
• 16–17 June – Qurban Bayramı
• 26 June – Armed Forces Day
• 8 November – Victory Day
• 9 November – State Flag Day
• 31 December – International Solidarity Day