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 Azerbaijan |  Poland |
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| Embassy of Azerbaijan, Warsaw | Embassy of Poland, Baku |
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| Azerbaijan Ambassador to PolandNargiz Gurbanova | Polish Ambassador to AzerbaijanRafał Poborski |
Foreign relations exist betweenAzerbaijan andPoland. The embassy of Poland opened in Azerbaijan on August 23, 2001, and the Azerbaijani Embassy inPoland on August 30, 2004.[1] Both countries are full members of theCouncil of Europe and theOrganization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
At present there are over a thousand self-identifiedPoles in Azerbaijan.[2]
It is known from the ancient documents related to the historical relations between Azerbaijan and Poland that for the first time in 1472, during theAq Qoyunlu, which was the State of Azerbaijan, and theJagiellonian dynasty of Poland, diplomatic missions were exchanged between the two countries. So, in 1472, a diplomatic mission was sent to Poland by Aggoyunlu. Taking this into account, 2012 marks the 540th anniversary of the beginning of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Poland.[3]
Polish Ledinski and AzerbaijaniAlimardan Topchubashov founded a special group together in the Duma to struggle for the autonomy of Poland and Azerbaijan. WhenMammed Amin Rasulzade foundedAzerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918, which was the first secular and democratic republic in the Muslim world, the first chief of staff of the national army became Polish generalMaciej Sulkiewicz.[4] It is also notable that Rasulzade went toPoland in 1938 and he met his second wife Wanda who was a niece of Polish statesmanJózef Piłsudski.[5] During theKatyn massacre, Hamid Mahammadzadeh, an ethnic Azeri member of the Polish Officer Corps, was among 22,000 Polish nationals shot down by theNKVD, the Soviet secret police, in 1940.[6]
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Poland recognized Azerbaijan’s independence on December 27, 1991. They backed Azerbaijan for membership in both the Council of Europe and the World Trade Organization and declared its interest in participating in various energy projects.[7] Poland supports Azerbaijan's bid to join theEuropean Union andNATO.[8] Poland supported Azerbaijan although it is now sporadic due to Poland’s recognition ofArmenian genocide in which Azerbaijan protested against. Poland has culturally had friendly relations withArmenia for centuries. Moreover, new close relations with Azerbaijan and Polish Government's recent decision for its citizens to ask permission from Azerbaijan before visiting the Republic of Artsakh, resulted in the Polish government's decision being described as "anti-Armenian" by Armenian nationalist groups and youth organizations.[9]
Poland's then PresidentLech Kaczyński visited Azerbaijan in 2007, and on February 26, 2008President of AzerbaijanIlham Aliyev paid a visit to Poland. A joint statement of both was signed during the visit. Poland has recognized theArmenian genocide.[10]
Following the restoration of independence, several agreements between Armenia and Poland were signed, including a cultural cooperation agreement in 2000,[11] a defense cooperation agreement in 2004,[12] and an economic cooperation agreement in 2010.[13]
In 2008, for the first time in the history of its economic relations Azerbaijan gained trade surplus, and turnover of goods between the two countries reached $166.9 million.[14] "Sarmatiya" company has been established to prepare technical details ofBaku-Odesa-Brody-Płock-Gdańsk pipeline which seemed to be a legend for many years. It shows the increasing role of Azerbaijan in ensuring energy security of Poland.[15]
In the middle of the 19th century the Azerbaijani heroic eposKoroghlu was translated byAleksander Chodźko and published in English and French. Warsaw remains as the last placeAbbasgulu Bakikhanov visited before his retiring. He wrote a whole number of poems and his famous "Asrar al-Malakut" (The Secrets of Heavens in theArabic language) in Warsaw.[16]
Ismayil Gutgashinli's "Rashid bey and Saadat khanum", which is notable for being the first Azerbaijani realistic prose, was published first in Poland in 1835.[citation needed]
Józef Gosławski,Józef Płoszko,Eugeniusz Skibiński andKazimierz Skórewicz are notable for being the architects of a number of buildings in Azerbaijan.Ismailiyya Palace,Palace of Happiness,Building of Baku City Executive Power,Rylsky brothers' house,Agabala Guliyev's House, Tagiyev's Passage and present-dayNational Museum of History of Azerbaijan,Baku Puppet Theatre,Institute of Manuscripts and History Museum of the Prosecutor's Office are among them.[17][18]
Polish Security Printing Works also supported Chopin Year 2010 and Milosz Year 2011 in Azerbaijan. The Center for Polish Language and Culture at theBaku Slavic University was opened on November 9, 2006. Polish engineer Paweł Potocki presented the first project of oil extraction in the Caspian shelf and ensured its fulfillment.[19]
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