U.S. Engagement in a Strategically Important Country: Impressions after Three Years as Ambassador to Azerbaijan American Chamber of Commerce in Baku, Azerbaijan Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Thank you Natavan Xanim, thank you Nuran, and thanks too to all the members of American Chamber of Commerce in Azerbaijan for inviting me to speak today. It was ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 28 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Press Releases
Ambassador and Mrs. Robert F. Cekuta, along with Cabinet of Ministers representative Mahammad Guliyev, joined 33 students to kick off the “Knowledge is Power!” English language learning program at school No. 4 for internally displaced people (IDP) from Zangilan. This program will provide Zangilan’s young people with English language skills, opening doors to other new ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 23 February, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Education, Events, Success Stories
Ambassador Robert F. Cekuta and his spouse Mrs. Cekuta visited the Salyan American Corner at the Salyan Central Library, where they met with schoolchildren interested in education in the U.S. and attendees of the Corner’s educational and English Language programs. The American Corner Program, which includes a flagship Baku American Center at the Azerbaijan University ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 15 November, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, American Spaces, Culture, Press Releases, U.S. & Azerbaijan
Good afternoon. Welcome to all of you here today, and a special welcome to the members of the largest trade delegation ever to visit Azerbaijan from the United States. Since Azerbaijan’s renewed independence, the United States policy toward Azerbaijan has been consistent: we are committed to a strong, stable, prosperous, democratic, independent Azerbaijan. We are ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 17 October, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Economic Affairs, Press Releases, Trade
The Art In Embassies Program is a public-private partnership that promotes cultural diplomacy through exhibitions, permanent collections, site-specific commissions and two-way artist exchanges in more than 200 U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world. The collection here in Azerbaijan at the Ambassador’s Residence contains many pieces that reflect
Ambassador Cekuta and Mrs. Cekuta’s love of nature and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 12 October, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Art & Culture
First of all, thank you very much to The Eurasia Center and The Eurasian Business Coalition for the invitation to speak to you today, and congratulations on today’s program covering so many important concerns. I would like to say a few words as someone on the ground, who is looking at the practical as well ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 4 October, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Press Releases, U.S. & Azerbaijan
I approach the podium today with trepidation. An amateur historian, a student of the liberal arts, a mathphobe, I have been asked to talk about one of the world’s great mathematicians, a man whose discoveries, whose imagination, whose thoughts have had an immeasurable impact within the fields of mathematics as well as electronics and computer ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 29 September, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, Science & Tech, U.S. & Azerbaijan
Ambassador Robert F. Cekuta opened the Khachmaz American Corner, located at the Khachmaz Central Library, and spoke about the importance of the American Corner as a resource for the local community. Representatives of Khachmaz’s Executive Committee and Ministry of Culture were also present. The Ambassador presented new materials to the library for the space that ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 28 September, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & Azerbaijan
Ambassador Cekuta joins Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Abid Sharifov, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, Mr. James Appathurai, and ANAMA Director Mr. Gazanfar Ahmadov at an international conference hosted by ANAMA and NATO NSPA to discuss the current status of NATO PfP Trust Fund humanitarian demining project in Jeyranchel, Azerbaijan. Since 1999, the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 26 September, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, News
Azerbaijan is approximately the same size as the state of Maine, which is located in the far northeastern part of the United States. My wife Anne and I have a tree farm in Maine, and have been coming there with our family for many years to learn about, enjoy, and conserve the magnificence of the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 30 August, 2017 | Topics:
Agriculture, Ambassador, Culture, Economic Issues, Environment, Public Affairs
Mr. Minister, Excellencies, dear friends – welcome to our Fourth of July celebration. Thank you for joining us this evening. This year, as well as celebrating 241 years of U.S. independence, we celebrate 25 years of diplomatic relations with Azerbaijan. It is also 99 years since Azerbaijan became an independent state in 1918, inaugurating a ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 7 July, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Embassy, Featured Event, Speeches
As-salaam-u-alaikum. I am very pleased to welcome you to the Residence for tonight’s Iftar. It is an honor to host you. I would like to welcome all of the distinguished religious leaders, government officials, and diplomatic colleagues, and I especially want to acknowledge Rashad Aliyarli, from the Caucasus Muslim Board who is with us this ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 16 June, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, Speeches
U.S. Embassy celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Baku American Center, together with hundreds of American Center staff, volunteers, and patrons. During the event, Ambassador Cekuta talked about the successes of the American Center and our continued engagement with Azerbaijan. Over the past decade, more than a quarter of a million visitors have attended events ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 2 June, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, American Spaces, Art & Culture, Education, Embassy, Science & Tech
An Azerbaijani delegation led by the Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev participated in the The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). 16 participants from Azerbaijan had a chance to meet energy professionals from other countries, to exchange ideas and opinions to advance scientific and technical knowledge for offshore resources and environmental matters. Ambassador Cekuta also participated in the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 5 May, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Economic Affairs, Events
Mr. Ambassador you have discussed at your last meeting with Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Natig Aliyev the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) to be held in Houston early May, noting that the event was an important platform for energy experts to exchange ideas in order to improve their scientific-technical knowledge on environmental issues. You also noted the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 4 May, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador
The relationship between Azerbaijan and the U.S. has really been improving, and the parties are working together in many areas, Robert Cekuta, the U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, told Trend in an exclusive interview on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. “For the U.S., our focus in Azerbaijan is a ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 12 April, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador
Mr. Minister, Excellencies, dear friends – welcome to our annual Fourth of July celebration. Thank you for joining us. This year, we mark two important anniversaries: 240 years of American and 25 years of Azerbaijani independence. It’s a perfect time for our two countries to reflect on what binds us, on how far we’ve come, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 4 July, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Embassy, Events, Speeches
VOA: First, I’d like to thank you for this interview. Ambassador Cekuta: No, I appreciate it. I appreciate the chance to talk to you because President Aliyev had a very good trip to the United States a couple of weeks ago and I think it’s important to be able to talk a little bit about that. As ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 24 February, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Speeches
U.S – Azerbaijan Relations: Shared Goals for a Stable, Prosperous Future February 22, 2016 One year ago, I had the great honor of presenting my credentials to President Ilham Aliyev as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan. In one of my first meetings afterward with other government officials, I was asked a straight-forward question, “Are we friends, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Baku | 22 February, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Speeches
