In response to the French Senate's decision to impose sanctions against Baku, the Azerbaijani parliament instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take measures to recognize the sovereignty of the French independent territories of Kanaka, Maoxi Nui and Corsica.

The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which was supposed to carry the Axiom-3 mission to the International Space Station, has been delayed for a day.

In Bashkortostan, after Fail Alsinov was imprisoned for 4 years on charges of extremism, thousands of local residents protested. Clashes broke out between the police and citizens, tear gas and stun grenades were used against the population. In one of his speeches in the Bashkir language, Fail called the Central Asians "black people" and demanded that they go to their own country.

Turkey's first astronaut Alper Gezeravci will fly to the International Space Station on the night of January 18 as part of the third Axiom (Ax-3) commercial mission.

At the next meeting of the topographical working group in Botken, Kyrgyzstan, on January 10-16, an agreement was reached on the delimitation (determining the direction and position of common borders) and demarcation (setting the state border with border markers) of 38 kilometers of the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border.

The UAE government introduced a visa-free regime for citizens of Uzbekistan for up to 30 days from February 16.

Turkish organizations have implemented 1,864 projects worth $85.4 billion in Africa by the end of 2023. Turkey-Africa trade has increased from $5.4 billion in 2003 to nearly $41 billion by the end of 2022. This indicator is expected to reach 50 billion dollars in 2023.

On January 11, Kyrgyz President Sadir Japarov reacted to the revelation of a group preparing to overthrow the government by the State Committee for National Security, and announced that those who want to use public discontent for their own purposes will be severely punished.

"Birlestik" will hold training sessions in Kazakhstan with the participation of the military contingents of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

After scoring a goal against Tarbzonsport club, Israeli football player Sagiv Ezekiel, who plays for Turkey's Antalyaspor club, showed his support for Israel's genocide in Gaza by showing the inscription "100 days since October 7" and the Star of David on his wrist to the camera. Later, Israeli Eden Kartsev, who plays for "Bashakshehir", also published a post with the word "100 days" on social networks. These actions of athletes caused intense discussions.