Azerbaijan, US hold second Strategic Partnership Charter meeting

Azerbaijan and the United States have held the second meeting of Strategic Working Group aimed at developing the Strategic Partnership Charter, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

The meeting took place online and was co-chaired by Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Elnur Mammadov and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Sonata Coulter, Caliber.Az reports per local media. 

Participants discussed the advancement of bilateral strategic cooperation across a wide range of areas, including energy, trade, transit, regional connectivity, economic investment, defense and security, counterterrorism, as well as artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure.

These areas were identified as priority sectors in the Memorandum of Understanding on the Development of a Charter on Strategic Partnership, which was signed in August 2025 at the Washington Peace Summit.

The working group also continued detailed discussions on the draft text of the Charter, with the aim of finalising the document in the next stage of the process.

By Sabina Mammadli