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On the night of July 28, 2021, military clashes broke out on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as a result of which three soldiers of the Armenian armed forces were killed and four were injured.

Azerbaijani and Turkish officials have announced no plans to create a joint Turkic army, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday, when asked if Moscow was concerned about the possibility of Ankara and Baku building such a force.

"Those who believe they own the city cannot do that. Only those who are here with an intention to occupy can destroy the city," Turkey's Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop said Thursday as he visited Shusha, which Azerbaijan recently liberated from the three-decade-long Armenian occupation.

Clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists have claimed hundreds of lives despite calls for peace and a Russian-brokered ceasefire.

Ankara and Baku are sincere and determined to create an environment where all countries of the region –Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, Iran and Georgia – will solve their problems among themselves and make economic gains together, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Deputy Chair Numan Kurtulmuş said Wednesday.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has held Yerevan responsible for the tensions on the state border with Armenia, urging the opposite side to begin talks on the delimitation of the state border.

Aliyev Sadig Nizami and Imranli Imran Dilgam received urgent medical assistance and there is no danger to their lives.

Three Armenian soldiers were killed in clashes with Azerbaijani forces on the border, Armenia's government said on Wednesday, in the deadliest clash since the end of last year's war in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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.