By Aytan Farhadova On January 27, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Rahman Mustafayev met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin. While the official statement by Russia’s Foreign Ministry said that

Azerbaijani authorities are continuing their investigation into the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane crash near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 25, 2024, according to presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev and called for increased pressure on Russia over the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, urging the aggressor to "tell the truth" and disclose the details of the crime.

Uzbekistan Airways airliners have changed their routes when flying to Europe to avoid Russian and Belarusian airspace as a "precautionary measure," the Uzbek news outlet Repost reported on Jan. 28. The news comes a month after an Azerbaijani airliner crashed in Kazakhstan after flying through the Russian airspace.

By Cavid Aga in Baku Tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia have risen following diplomatic exchanges over critical media reports and an unresolved investigation into a deadly air crash involving an Azerbaijani passenger plane in December.

The freshest details regarding the crash of an Embraer 190 aircraft belonging to Azerbaijan’s AZAL company near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, have been revealed.

The Presidents of Azerbaijan and Ukraine, Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Zelensky, held a meeting in Davos, where the World Economic Forum is taking place.

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan on Wednesday criticized the outgoing Joe Biden Administration for what he called biased toward Azerbaijan.

By Ani Avetisyan in Yerevan Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev reiterated demands on January 28 for Armenia to open a land corridor connecting Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave, escalating tensions between the two South Caucasus nations.

In Davos, President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the development of bilateral relations with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev and expressed condolences over the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane and the loss of life.

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia's relevant authorities have gathered evidence, which they will later jointly analyze to identify the responsible parties. Currently, the Russian Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General's Office are conducting the necessary investigative actions in this direction," he added.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have a long history of conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region within Azerbaijan until recently mainly populated by Armenians. The first war between them in the 1990s led to the establishment of a self-proclaimed Armenian republic, which no country recognised.