The Foreign Ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan are holding a meeting…
The Foreign Ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan are holding a meeting in Moscow. As previously reported by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister is in Russia for an official visit on July 16-17.
Consensus
- Sergey Lavrov met with Jeyhun Bayramov in Moscow on July 17.
- The meeting was part of a formal visit by the Azerbaijani foreign minister to Russia, which took place from July 16–17.
- Both sides discussed the current state and future prospects of Russian-Azerbaijani relations.
- Topics included regional and international issues.
- Russia views the visit as a continuation of the trust-based political dialogue with Azerbaijan.
- The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that cooperation is being expanded in a mutually beneficial manner.
- President Ilham Aliyev claimed that relations between Russia and Azerbaijan have been fully normalized.
Points of divergence
- The deterioration in Russia-Azerbaijan relations began after the crash of an AZAL plane in December 2024, followed by detentions and deaths of citizens from Azerbaijan in Yekaterinburg related to a nationalist group case in summer 2025. — kommersant
- The Kremlin considers Azerbaijan's position on Ukraine as incorrect and plans to convey this through all channels, though it states that this should not affect bilateral relations. — kommersant
- Sergey Lavrov arrived in Minsk for a working visit on June 14, meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko and Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhkov, and laying a wreath at the Victory Monument ahead of the 85th anniversary of WWII. — vedomosti
Coverage (9 sources)
- Foreign Ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan Meet in Moscow — Вечерняя Москва
- Lavrov plans to discuss prospects of bilateral cooperation with Azerbaijani counterpart — Интерфакс
- Russian Foreign Ministry Comments on Bayramov's Visit to Russia — Вести
- Lavrov to Discuss Bilateral and International Agenda with Guinea-Bissau Foreign Minister in Moscow — Интерфакс
- Russian Foreign Minister to Meet Azerbaijani Colleague — Интерфакс
- Azerbaijan's Minister of Foreign Affairs to Visit Russia and Meet with Lavrov — Коммерсантъ
- Lavrov makes two-day visit to Belarus — Интерфакс
- Lavrov arrives in Minsk for meeting with Lukashenko — Ведомости
- Lavrov arrives in Belarus for working visit — Вести
Key entities
- Russia
- Sergey Lavrov
- MID
- Moscow
- Azerbaijan
- Dzaykhun Bayramov
- Belarus
- INTERFAX.RU
- Minsk
- Maria Zakharov
- Republic of Guinea-Bissau
- The Authorities
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