- Travel Advice
DFAT advice for Azerbaijan
When travelling to Azerbaijan, you should always get travel insurance in case the worst happens. To help you ensure you travel safely, we have included the travel advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for Azerbaijan.
| Azerbaijan overall | This Advice is current for Thursday, 28 August 2008. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Be alert to own security | Exercise caution | High degree of caution | Reconsider your need to travel | Do not travel |
| Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding military occupied areas | ||||
| Be alert to own security | Exercise caution | High degree of caution | Reconsider your need to travel | Do not travel |
This advice has been reviewed and reissued. The overall level of the advice has not changed.
[top]Summary
- We advise you to exercise caution and monitor developments that might affect your safety in Azerbaijan because of the risk of civil unrest.
- Pay close attention to your personal security and monitor the media for information about possible new safety or security risks.
- We strongly advise you not to travel to Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region and the military occupied areas surrounding it because of the risk of armed conflict along the border and ceasefire line with Armenia.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed human deaths from avian influenza in Azerbaijan. See the Health Issues section below for advice to Australians travelling to or resident in Azerbaijan.
- Australia does not have an Embassy or Consulate in Azerbaijan. The Australian Embassy in Turkey provides consular assistance to Australians in Azerbaijan.
- Be a smart traveller. Before heading overseas:
- organise comprehensive travel insurance and check what circumstances and activities are not covered by your policy
- register your travel and contact details, so we can contact you in an emergency
- subscribe to this travel advice to receive free email updates each time it's reissued.
