Vagif Sadigov

Vaqif Sadıqov (born 2 November 1956) is an Azerbaijani diplomat currently serving as Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union.

[1] After completing his PhD degree, Vaqif Sadıqov was appointed an assistant professor in the Azerbaijani Institute of Foreign Languages, where he served until 1991.

He participated in the negotiations on the adapted CFE Treaty and development of new CSBMs, the OSCE Charter for European Security, and the UN Conventions against Transnational Organized Crime and against Corruption.

Vaqif Sadıqov was appointed Deputy Foreign Minister in 2004 with a portfolio covering Azerbaijan's relations with the UNESCO and the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

In that period, he participated in many UN conferences and events on human rights, migration, labour issues, humanitarian law, development.