Legal framework of bilateral relations

The existing legal framework of bilateral relations corresponds to the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the Republic of Azerbaijan.

As of January 2022, 148 international agreements were signed between Ukraine and the Republic of Azerbaijan, including: 65 – interstate and intergovernmental, 47 – interagency, 14 – political and 20 other documents.

The basic political documents between Ukraine and the Republic of Azerbaijan are the Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation dated December 09, 1992 and the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership dated March 16, 2000 that determine the main directions, forms and methods of cooperation between two states. The Declaration on Friendship and Strategic Partnership between Ukraine and the Republic of Azerbaijan dated May 22, 2008 defines the level of cooperation between the states as strategic.

The key legal acts of Ukrainian-Azerbaijani relations are the following: Agreement on economic cooperation, Agreements on air transport, on cooperation in customs affairs, military-technical, scientific-technical cooperation, cooperation in the field of tourism, communication, on mutual recognition and equivalence of documents on education and academic titles, youth policy and sports, visa-free travel of citizens, principles of cooperation in the oil industry, cooperation in the field of culture and art, cooperation in the field of education, etc.

Bilateral documents which were signed in 2022

During the visit of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev to Ukraine (January 14, 2022), the following bilateral documents were signed:

1. Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan on cooperation in the field of food safety.
2. Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan on issues of emergency cooperation in bilateral trade.
3. Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of energy between the Joint-Stock Company "National Joint-Stock Company "Naftogaz of Ukraine" and the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR).
4. Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation between the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre and the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan regarding cooperation in the field of land relations, management of state-owned lands and the state land cadastre.
5. Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan regarding cooperation in the agricultural sphere.
6. Memorandum on cooperation between the State Institution "Investment Promotion Office" and the Agency for Small and Medium Business Development of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

1. Agreement on cooperation between the city of Irpin (Ukraine) and the city of Lachin (Republic of Azerbaijan).
2. Memorandum of cooperation in the field of environmental protection between the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

1. Memorandum between the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan on technical cooperation in the field of electronic signature (signed on 09/23/2025);
2. Memorandum of cooperation between the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and ANAMA of Azerbaijan (signed on 10/22/2025 in Tokyo (Japan) on the sidelines of the UMAC conference);
3. Agreement between the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan on cooperation in the field of health care and medical science (signed on November 1, 2025 as part of the visit of the Minister of Health of Ukraine V. Lyashko to Azerbaijan).