Azerbaijan

Visits

Presidential

• 11-12 May 2014: State visit by the French President to Azerbaijan.
• 26 October 2014: working visit by Azerbaijan’s President to Paris.
• 25 April 2015: visit by the President of the French Republic to Baku.
• 14 March 2017: official visit to France by Azerbaijan’s President.

Ministerial

• 15-16 September 2017: visit to Baku by the Minister of State attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
• 10-11 January 2017: visit by the Minister of State for Development and Francophonie to Baku.
• 8-10 February 2017: visit by the Minister of State for State Reform and Simplification to Baku.

Cultural, scientific and technical cooperation

An Institut Français was established in 2004 in Baku, where a French high school financed by the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and managed by the French Secular Mission (MLF) also opened in 2013. Lastly, the French-Azerbaijani University (UFAZ) has been open in Baku since September 2016.

Other cooperation

An intergovernmental committee to steer decentralized cooperation has been up and running since 2016.