On 16 July at 15:00 pm 15 hours after the attempted coup d'etat in Turkey, the site of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev posted in Azerbaijani and Russian languages a letter of support to Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "With great concern and regret I watched the events in Turkey last night, the events associated with the coup attempt. This is a monstrous crime, on the one hand, against the state of Turkey, on the other - against the Turkish people's will and choice.
The Azerbaijani people and the state which is are always close to the Turkish people and the Turkish state, strongly condemns, and considers unacceptable a crime against the Constitution and the democracy in Turkey. I am sure that in the result of decisive measures to prevent the coup attempt, the unity of the people and government of Turkey, the situation in the brotherly country will stabilized in a short time.
Dear Brother, on behalf of the people of Azerbaijan and on my own behalf I express my deep condolences to the families of the martyrs who gave their lives in the name of suppressing the coup attempt, I wish a speedy recovery to the injured, Turan agency quotes word for word the letter.
Politics
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On January 23, the Baku Court of Appeal considered the complaint of Meydan TV journalist Natig Javadli against the refusal to transfer him to house arrest.
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On January 23, the Deputy Commander of the Azerbaijani Ground Forces, Ilgar Latifov, met with a Pakistani delegation headed by the Director General of Military Operations, Abdullah Kashif. The parties discussed the state and prospects for the development of military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan, as well as the importance of increasing the intensity of joint exercises.
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The announcement of 2025 as the "Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty" in Azerbaijan has sparked rumors and speculation about the government's plans to hold a constitutional referendum this year. Today's statement in the Milli Majlis by the head of the parliamentary committee on human rights and concurrently the director of the Center for Humanitarian Studies, Zahid Oruj, confirmed that these expectations are not groundless.
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As part of the peace process with Azerbaijan, Armenia has proposed solutions to all agenda issues, stated Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of Armenia's Security Council, on January 23. "We are not asking for peace, we are offering peaceful solutions to all existing issues. For the two unresolved points, we have sent proposals and are waiting for a response from the Azerbaijani side. We hope that we will find solutions," Grigoryan said, according to Armenian media. Meanwhile, the press service of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Turan that "negotiations on the text of the peace agreement are ongoing."
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