Political

The diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on 9 June 1992. The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Azerbaijan was opened on 12 March 1993. The Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Pakistan was opened on 24 August 1997. The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the Republic of Azerbaijan is Qasim Mohiuddin.

Over 77 Agreements and MoUs have been signed with Azerbaijan, including the Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) framework and Bilateral Political Consultations. Protocol on Consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Pakistan was signed on January 1995 in Baku.

Four Rounds of Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC) have taken place between the two sides. The 4^th Round was held at the Foreign Secretary/Deputy Foreign Minister level in Islamabad on 23 January 2025. The 8^th Round of JMC / IGC at the level of Minister of Defence Production and Minister of Defence Industry was held in Islamabad in 24 January 2025. It was co-Chaired by the Minister of Defence Production from Pakistan and the Minister for Defence Industry of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Protocol signed during the JMC agreed on an ambitious roadmap to take the relationship to the next level.

The leadershipof the two countriesmeets frequently during official visits as well as on the sidelines of various regional and international conferences.

Recent High-level Interactions/Visits

Recent Head of State / Government Level Interactions

• Prime Minister of Pakistan visited Baku on 7-8 November 2025, to attend the celebrations of 5^th Anniversary of the Victory parade of Azerbaijan and was accompanied by the Field Marshall Syed Asim Munir and Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Mr. Attaullah Tarrar.
• Prime Minister met President Aliyev on the sidelines of the 2025 Gaza Peace Summit held in Sharm El Sheikh on 13 October 2025.
• Prime Minister met Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on the sidelines of SCO Heads of State Summit in Tianjin, China, on 01 September 2025.
• Prime Minister visited Khankendi from 2-4 July 2025 to attend 17^th ECO Summit.
• Prime Minister visited Lachin to attend the Trilateral Summit from 27-29 May 2025 and was accompanied by the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Field Marshal, Minister of Information and Broadcasting and SAPM on Foreign Affairs.
• Prime Minister undertook a bilateral visit to Azerbaijan from 23-25 February 2025.
• Prime Minister visited Baku to attend the high-level segment of COP29 on 12-13 November 2024 and was accompanied by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Minister of Energy.
• President Ilham Aliyev paid a bilateral visit to Pakistan on the invitation of the Honourable Prime Minister of Pakistan from 11-12 July 2024.
• Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited Baku at the invitation of his counterpart, October 2023.
• Prime Minister visited Baku on the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev from 14-15 June 2023.
• Prime Minister met President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on the sidelines of the Sixth Summit of Conference for Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in South Asia (CICA) on 12-13 October 2022 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
• Prime Minister met President Aliyev on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Samarqand on 16 September 2022
• Former President of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi, met with President Aliyev on the sidelines of the ECO Summit in Ashgabat on 27 November 2021.

Other Important Visits from Pakistan

• Minister of National Heritage & Culture, H.E. Aurangzeb Khan Khichi; visited Baku to attend the OIC Creative Week 2025 from 07-10 December 2025.
• Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication visited Baku from 17-18 November 2025 to attend the ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference- 2025
• Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi, Honourable Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) visited Baku from 11-13 November 2025 to attend the International Conference on Constitution and the Rule of Law organized by the constitutional Court of Azerbaijan.
• E. Chairman Senate, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, led Pakistan's delegation visited Baku from 27-30 October 2025 to participate in the International Parliamentary Conference on 30th Anniversary of adoption of the Constitution of Azerbaijan.
• Secretary Planning and Additional Secretary SIFC / Pakistan's D8 Commissioner, MoFA visited Baku on 16-18 October 2025 to attend National Urban Forum (NUFA3) and D8 High-Level Climate and Urban Dialogue.
• Chief Coordinator of the Prime Minister visited Baku on 30 Sept - 1 Oct 2025 and met with Chairman ASAN Khidmet.
• Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development visited Baku to attend the High-Level Roundtable organized by the OIC Labour Centre, held from 23 to 24 September 2025.
• Admiral Naveed Ashraf, Ni (M), T BT, Chief of the Naval Staff of Pakistan visited Baku from 2-6 August 2025 on the invitation of Ministry of Defence Azerbaijan.
• Minister of Climate Change visited Azerbaijan from 26-27 July 2025.
• Auditor General of Pakistan visited Baku to participate in the 62^nd Governing Board meeting of Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institution (ASOSAD) from 17-19 July 2025.
• Federal Minister of Law & Justice visited Baku from 9-13 July 2025 on the invitation of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 
• Speaker National Assembly visited Baku from 6-9 July 2025 on the invitation of the Speaker Mili Majlis of Azerbaijan.
• Minister of Petroleum visited Baku to attend the Baku Energy Forum from 2-4 July 2025.
• Minister of State for Railways visited Baku to attend the Azerbaijan International Agriculture Exhibition-13 to 16 May 2025.
• A delegation from NDU visited Azerbaijan from 05-10 May 2025 for Foreign Study Tour (FST) of National Security and War Course-25 (NSWC-25).
• Minister of State, Mr. Awn Chaudhry visited Baku to represented Pakistan at the 3^rd Ministerial Conference of the Almaty Process in Baku, 24 April 2025.
• Chairman Senate along with a 6-member Parliamentary delegation visited Baku to attend the 15^th Plenary Session of Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA), from 17-25 February 2025.
• Minister for Privatization, Communication and Board of Investment along with National Coordinator of SIFC, Secretary Petroleum & Technical experts’ team from FWO and Petroleum Division, visited Baku from 29 January to 01 February 2025.
• Minister of Petroleum visited Baku on 17 January 2025.
• Minister for Privatization, Communication and Board of Investment visited Baku to attend COP-related sideline events from 18-19 November 2024.
• Chief Minister of Sindh visited Baku on 16 November 2024 for COP29.
• Minister of Finance visited Baku to attend the sideline event at COP29 from 13-14 November 2024.
• National Coordinator on Climate Change, Ministry of Climate Change & Environment visited Baku to attend COP29 Conference, November 2024.
• Senior Judges of the Supreme Court and Lahore High Court visited Baku to attend the sideline event related to climate justice from 13-17 November 2024.
• CJCSC visited Baku on the invitation of Minister of Defence in October 2024.
• Secretary Commerce visited along with his delegation to attend the 4^th Session of Pakistan-Azerbaijan Joint Working Group on Trade & Investment held on 17 September 2024.
• Chief Election Commissioner led Pakistan’s delegation to observe the snap elections of the Milli Majlis held on 1 September 2024. Several and MNAs also visited Baku as observers.
• Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, visited Baku to attend the 6th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue, 1-3 May 2024.
• An Inter-Agency delegation led by senior officials from the Ministry of Interior visited Baku to participate in the IOM conference in April 2024.
• Former caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani attended the 27th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (COM) of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) held from 9- 10 October 2023 in Shusha, Azerbaijan.
• The caretaker Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Muhammad Sami Saeed visited Azerbaijan from 29 September to 2 October 2023 to participate in the Second Azerbaijan National Urban Forum in Zangilan & Global Observance of World Habitat Day 2023 in Baku.
• Official visit of Minister of Overseas Pakistan and Human Resource Development to Baku 3-6 July 2023.
• Official visit of Foreign Secretary Dr. Asad Majeed to hold the 3^rd Round of Bilateral Political Consultations on 30-31 May 2023.
• Official Visit of the Federal Minister for Education to attend the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordination Bureau of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
• Musadik Malik, Minister of State, visited Baku to attend the Baku Energy Week from 1-4 June 2023.
• Zahid Akram Durrani, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, visited Baku on 16 May 2023 to attend the special session of Azerbaijani Milli Mejlis to commemorate the Centennial Anniversary of Heydar Aliyev.
• Federal Minister of Economic Affairs Sardar Ayaz Sadiq led a delegation for participation in the Baku Conference of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) from 1-3 March 2023.
• Minister of Board of Investment (BOI) & Special Initiatives Chaudhary Salik Hussain, along with Minister for Industries & Production Syed Murtaza Mahmud and Minister of State for Petroleum Dr. Musadik Malik visited Baku from 21-22 February 2022 to discuss cooperation in LNG and Oil import.
• Minister of State for Petroleum Dr. Musadik Malik visited Baku to discuss cooperation in LNG and Oil import from 16-17 September 2022.
• Chairman of the Senate, Mr. Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, led a Senate delegation to participate in the Baku Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Parliamentary Network from 30 June to 1 July 2022.
• Minister of Defence Production, Ms. Zobaida Jalal, led a 5-members delegation to Azerbaijan from 1-2 December 2021 for participation in the 7th Session of the Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC).