Azerbaijan in the System of International Relations

The article focuses on the priorities of external policy of the Republic of Azerbaijan since its international recognition of independence. External policy ambitions were mostly determined by the successive political elites which were oft en opposing each other in their political beliefs and views. Stabilization of the external political course began with the government of G. Aliev who implemented multilateral policy by developing cooperation with more countries. He designed 144 and implemented the program of economic development of the Republic, initiated relations with neighboring countries.Thus, modern Azerbaijan has stable and profitable political and economic relations with Turkey, Iran, Russia, Georgia. The only country Azerbaijan fails to develop international relations with is Armenia due to the Karabakh dispute