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Diplomatic relations

Diplomatic representations

In the years 1918-1920, the Government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic had diplomatic representations in Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus and Turkistan, the embassy in Iran, authorized representative at the Kuban and Don governments and a plenipotentiary delegation to the Paris Peace Conference.

In those years, a number of states had diplomatic representations with spetial missions in Baku:

Country	Envoy	Address
United Kingdom	Vice Consul Gevelke	Kladbisshenskaya Str, 11 (Russian-Asian Bank Depository)
Armenia	Diplomatic Representative G.A. Bekzadyan	Telefonnaya Str, 5
Belgium	Consul Ayvazov	Gorchakovskaya Str, 19
Greece	Consul Koussis	Corner of Gogolevskaya and Molokanskaya street
Georgia	Diplomatic Representative N.S. Alshibay	Politseyskaya Str, 20
Denmark	E.F. Bisring	Birzhevaya Str, 32 (Elektricheskaya Sila company building)
Italy	Chief of the 8th Mission, Enrico Ensom Consul L. Grikurov	Molokanskaya, 35 Krasnovodskaya, 8
Lithuania	Consul Vincas Mickevičius	Pozenovskaya, 15
Persia	Consul Saad Ul Vizirov	Corner of Gubernskaya Str and Spasskaya Str
Poland	Consul S. Rylsky	Politseyskaya Str, 15
United States	Consul Randolph	Krasnovodskaya Str, 8
Ukraine	Consul Golovan	Nikolayevskaya Str, 8 (Mirzabeyov brothers' house)
Finland	Consul Vegelius	Balaxanı (Nobel Brothers' office)
France	Consul Emelyanov	Vodovoznaya Str. (Mitrofanovs house)
Switzerland	Consul Clateau	Birzhevaya Str, 14
Sweden	Consul R.K. Vander-Ploug	Corner of Persidskaya and Gubernskaya streets

The draft law on “Education of diplomatic missions of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Western Europe and America and abolishment of the Azerbaijan mission to the Paris Peace Conference” prepared by the government was discussed and passed by the Parliament after the recognition of the independent Azerbaijan by the Council of Entente. According to this draft law diplomatic missions in Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Italy, USA, Germany, Russia and Poland (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Ukraine, Romania) were planned to be launched starting with April 1, 1920.

However, grossly violating international laws, the Soviet-Bolshevik regime occupied the Northern Azerbaijan, bringing an end to diplomatic relations of the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic de-facto recognized by foreign countries and to its representation on international arena.