On the shore of Lake Issyk-Kul, where mountain ranges are reflected in the dark water, the presidents of Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan exchanged their countries’ highest honors, spoke of shared Turkic roots and called each other friends. But behind the formal ceremony lay something more practical: an effort to turn the two countries’ historic affinity into a full-fledged political and economic alliance. President Ilham Aliyev of Azerba...

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