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The frosty handshake between Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev at the Beijing parade comes after months of strained relations between the two countries.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin spoke about relations with Azerbaijan.

More than 20 country leaders and 10 heads of international organizations participated in the SCO Plus meeting. President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan previously attended SCO Summit meetings in Samarkand in 2022 and Astana in 2024.

The OSCE Ministerial Council today adopted a decision to terminate the activities of the OSCE Minsk Process and its related structures, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan said in a statement.

In the Chinese city of Tianjin, a meeting took place between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif.

Erdogan’s meetings with both Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders on the sidelines of the SCO summit highlight Ankara’s active regional diplomacy.

The OSCE Minsk Group has been disbanded. The decision was taken by the OSCE Permanent Council at its meeting in Vienna on Monday, 1 September.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev held a meeting on the sidelines of the SCO with Xie Yi, founder and chairman of Sichuan Sunsync Photovoltaic Technology Co.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said China supports Azerbaijan in joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

A meeting between the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, took place in the Chinese city of Tianjin.

The US Department of State has published the finalized documents from President Trump"s historic August 8 meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

About two months ago the Armenian consul in Austria, Ashkhen Aleksanyan, was detained at Zvartnots Airport while departing for Vienna. Authorities confiscated documents that raised suspicions of espionage in favor of Azerbaijan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the Security Council, where he touched upon relations with CIS countries.

On August 28, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the European Union’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Magdalena Grono.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that the trilateral agreement signed with Moscow in 2020 is no longer in effect.

"The downing of an Azerbaijani civilian plane by Russian forces and the subsequent reaction of Russian officials caused major frustration and disappointment in Azerbaijan."

This was announced by Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov at a special government meeting dedicated to the results of President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Washington.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed gratitude to US President Donald Trump "for the historic photos he kindly gifted" with his personal signature.

At the start of the meeting, the three leaders posed for a joint photo before proceeding to a document-signing ceremony. The talks focused on expanding cooperation in energy, transport, and regional connectivity.

Iranian officials have expressed alarm, warning that the project severs Tehran’s direct land access to Armenia and reduces its role as a transit hub.

The centerpiece of the deal is the Tripp project — a 99-year lease of a 20-mile corridor through southern Armenia. The route is intended to connect Azerbaijan with Nakhchivan and Turkey, and in the future include a railway, communication lines, and oil and gas pipelines.