2014 in Azerbaijan

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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See also:	Other events of 2014 Timeline of Azerbaijani history

Incumbents

• President: Ilham Aliyev
• Prime Minister: Artur Rasizade
• Speaker: Ogtay Asadov

Events

January

• January 22 - a 20-year old LGBT rights advocate İsa Şahmarlı hanged himself in his apartment in Baku. According to Eurasianet, his death sparked a debate about LGBT rights in Azerbaijan.^[1]

February

• February 13 - National Congress of Honduras recognizes Azerbaijani territories and Khojaly Massacre^[2][3]

March

• March 3 - US State of Indiana recognizes the Khojaly Massacre^[2][4]

April

• April 16 - Inauguration of the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku^[5]
• April 23 - Opening of the new air terminal complex at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport^[6]
• April 28 - Official opening of the Second Global Open Society Forum in Baku ^[7]

May

• May 5 - Inauguration of new buildings of the Central Library of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and "National Encyclopedia of Azerbaijan" Scientific Centre ^[8]

June

• June 5 - The 4th Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council)

August

• August 1 - At least eight Azeri soldiers are killed following clashes with Armenian troops on the border and near the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Azerbaijan said Armenia had also suffered losses, although it did not provide any details.^[9]
• August 2 - Five more Azeri troops are killed in overnight fighting with ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. The casualties bring the death toll to at least 13 in a flare-up of violence over the last few days around Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia has said that any further escalation is unacceptable.^[10]
• August 3 - Four Azerbaijani soldiers are killed in fresh clashes with Armenian groups near the border of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.^[11]
• August 9 - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev declares a ‘state of war’ with Armenia on Twitter saying "We are not living in peace, we are living in a state of war".^[12]

September

• September 1 - Foreign Affairs Committee of Sudan recognizes Khojaly Massacre^[13]
• September 20 - Foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Southern Gas Corridor^[14]

October

• October 2 - The 4th International Humanitarian Forum was held in Baku ^[15]

November

• November 12 - Azerbaijan shoots down an Armenian Mil Mi-24 military helicopter.^[16]

December

• December 26 - Inauguration of Heydar Mosque in Baku ^[17]