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Azerbaijan Foreign Relations
Azerbaijan carried out some diplomatic activities during its
troubled first independence period between 1918 and 1920. In
September 1920, newly formed Soviet Azerbaijan signed a treaty
with Russia unifying the military forces, the economy, and
foreign trade of the two countries, although the fiction of
Azerbaijani autonomy in conducting foreign affairs was
maintained. At that time, Azerbaijan established diplomatic
relations with six countries, sending diplomatic representatives
to Germany and Finland. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow
initially used Azerbaijani diplomats to increase Soviet influence
in the Middle East through missions in Turkey, Iran, and
Afghanistan, but most transborder contacts by Azerbaijanis had
been eliminated by the 1930s. In the post-World War II period,
the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs could issue limited
visas for travel to Iran only. Iran also maintained a consulate
in Baku.
Data as of March 1994
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