Azerbaijan's President Aliyev has criticized Turkish President Erdoğan for not attending the Turkic summit, per Reuters.
The rift comes amid broader tensions in Azerbaijan-Turkey relations, with Aliyev's aides stating the absence was a response to Erdoğan’s Baku no-show, Turkish Minute reports.
Baku's foreign policy is under scrutiny as regional alliances shift, with Ankara increasingly aligning with other powers, RFE/RL notes.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E12, states; the pressure it names: diplomatic tensions.
Here it turns on states: Azerbaijan's President, Turkish President, Turkic summit and broader tensions.
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: Azerbaijan's President, Turkish President, Turkic summit, broader tensions, Baku's foreign policy, regional alliances, Ankara increasingly aligning, other powers.