The Embassy of Azerbaijan in

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is the

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of the

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to the

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. It is located on

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at 2741 34th Street, NW, NW Washington, DC. The embassy opened on March 6, 1992, after the

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in late December 1991. The United States opened the

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, Azerbaijan on March 16, 1992. The

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is housed in a 1949 building, with a current estimated value of $3,417,500. It was purchased by the Azerbaijani government on March 22, 2000, for $1,595,000. The building is in the District of Columbia Public School District.

Ambassadors

Hafiz Pashayev Hafiz Mir Jalal oghlu Pashayev (; born 2 May 1941) was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan from 2006 to 2019. He also has been the founding rector of the ADA University since 2006. He holds the Doctor of Sciences ...

(November 1992 – November 2006) * Yashar Aliyev (November 2006 – October 26, 2011) *

Elin Suleymanov Elin Emin oglu Suleymanov () is the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Kingdom and former Ambassador of Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States. Early years A career diplomat, Suleymanov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. He ...

(October 26, 2011 – September 15, 2021) * Khazar Ibrahim (September 15, 2021 – present)

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* Azerbaijan–United States relations Buildings and structures completed in 1949

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1992 establishments in Washington, D.C. {{Azerbaijan-poli-stub

Ambassadors

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