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The speakers of the parliaments of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Pakistan on Tuesday signed the Baku Declaration following the first of its kind trilateral meeting.

A 14-member parliamentary delegation under the chairmanship of Speaker NA Asad Qaiser on Monday headed for Baku, Azerbaijan, to attend the first trilateral meeting of the Speakers of Parliaments of Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Turkey.

Turkey's Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop was met by the president of Azerbaijan in the capital Baku on Tuesday.

A court in Baku has sentenced a Russian citizen to 10 years in prison on charges of fighting on the Armenian side against Azerbaijan's armed forces in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region last year.

Armenia should give up its habit of seeking support from countries outside the region to help it resolve regional problems, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Deputy Chair Numan Kurtulmuş said Monday.

Belarus and Azerbaijan have not just preserved bilateral relations but have expanded them, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Belarus Latif Gandilov on 26 July.

A ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) delegation led by Deputy Chair Numan Kurtulmuş will visit Azerbaijan's capital Baku Sunday for high-level diplomatic contacts.

Azerbaijan’s serious crimes court says those sentenced will be deported after serving their prison terms.

An Azerbaijani soldier has been killed in an attack from Armenian territory, the press service of the Azerbaijani defense ministry said on Friday.

Armenia’s Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the return of Armenian military personnel from Azerbaijan in their phone call on Thursday, the press service of the Armenian Cabinet of Ministers reports. 

They have negative impact on the situation in the region and cannot contribute to improving dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia as they lead to unjustified civilian casualties in both countries, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted.

The president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, arrived in Moscow today (20 July) on the invitation of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. This is Aliyev’s second working visit to Russia this year – the first, on 11 January with the Armenian prime minister – and comes amidst clashes on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev for compromise solutions being made for settling the situation in South Caucasus.

Head of an Iranian delegation who recently visited Azerbaijan says that the Azeri neighbors are willing to expand their economic and trade relations with Tehran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Moscow on July 20, the Kremlin press service announced Monday, adding that the two leaders plan to discuss the implementation of agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh, among other things.

European Council President Charles Michel will attend a regional summit in the Georgian Black Sea city of Batumi on Monday (19 July), after a weekend visit of Armenia and Azerbaijan, in what appears as an attempt to keep the region closer to the EU. 

The president of the European Council on Sunday continued with his tour of the South Caucasus, holding talks in Baku with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev.