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The visit will convey the EU’s support to the three countries also in the context of the preparation for the Eastern Partnership summit

The Shusha Declaration, which was ratified to enhance cooperation and promote stability in the region in the wake of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, took Turkish-Azerbaijani ties to a "new dimension," Azerbaijan's parliament speaker said Tuesday.

Azerbaijan’s initiative for establishing the Azerbaijan-Pakistan-Turkey Trilateral Parliamentary Cooperation Platform is appreciated. The room for cooperation with Azerbaijan and other Central Asian states is clearer now than ever before, as both sides are taking steps towards a stronger alliance.

Turkey's strength is Azerbaijan's, and Azerbaijan's strength is Turkey's, Azerbaijan's Sahibe Gafarova tells parliament

Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaisar on Monday welcomed the initiative of Azerbaijan for establishing Azerbaijan-Pakistan-Turkey Trilateral Parliamentary Cooperation Platform and termed it a new era of close and cordial parliamentary linkages between the brotherly countries.

«Azerbaijan is Kazakhstan’s key political and trade-economic partner in South Caucasus and Caspian region,» Deputy Prime-Minister-Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi told at the meeting with his counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov as part of his official visit to Baku.

The situation at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border escalated again shortly after the Nagorno-Karabakh hostilities last year.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday held talks with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and Col. Gen. Zakir Hasanov, Minister of Defence

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has dismissed speculation that Turkey could build a military base in Azerbaijan as “rumors.” However, the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the Caucasus must have been a deep concern to Russia.

Iran welcomes Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's proposal for a six-party regional cooperation platform, Iran's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Seyyed Abbas Mousavi told Trend.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev received Kazakhstan’s deputy prime minister on Monday, a presidency statement said.

Azerbaijani Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov and Pakistani Ambassador to Azerbaijan Bilal Hayee discussed issues of cooperation on projects in the territories of Azerbaijan, previously liberated from Armenian occupation.

According to the IRNA correspondent in Baku, the executive team in this voting station said that the reason for the 2nd time extension of the voting hours till eight pm was the requests made by a number of Iranian citizens residing in Baku.

Legal assistance request was sent to state authorities of foreign countries in connection with case, says prosecutor's office.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has dismissed speculation that Turkey could build a military base in Azerbaijan as "rumors."

The Russian government said Friday that the country is closely monitoring developments around a potential Turkish military base in Azerbaijan, "a move that could require Russia to take steps to ensure its own security and interests."

The full text of the Shusha Declaration on Allied Relations, which was signed June 15 by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the city of Shusha, has been published.

Moscow is closely monitoring developments around a potential Turkish military base in Azerbaijan, a move that could require Russia to take steps to ensure its own security and interests, the Kremlin said on Friday.

The Shusha Declaration signed this week between Turkey and Azerbaijan will strengthen unity in the Turkic world, the head of the International Turkic Academy said on Thursday.

Despite some improvements in the work of municipalities, major concerns remain about a number of factors impairing the development of self-government in Azerbaijan, such as a lack of real powers of municipalities, of a status of state institutions and of own financial resources, says the monitoring report of the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities which also provides a number of urgent recommendations to the authorities.

The corresponding consultations on settling the border dispute will continue, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.