Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter to the country's interim president, Ahmed al-Shar', regarding political changes in Syria.

The Azerbaijani government is preparing a lawsuit against Russia in an international court over the tragedy of the AZAL Embraer E190 plane that was shot down near Grozny. Baku is reportedly accusing Moscow of hiding the facts.

The ongoing tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan following the downing of a plane have been drawing much attention. President Ilham Aliyev's sharp and loud protests to Moscow, his toughening of visa requirements for Russian citizens, and his threatening statements about his intolerance towards Armenian fascism have led to speculation about whether they will cast a shadow over the Russian-Azerbaijani alliance. However, one cannot always agree with these views.

A number of countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan, called on their citizens to leave Ukraine. Ukraine has started striking Russian territory with missiles provided by the West. Russia is preparing to respond to this.

Azerbaijan has increased its defense budget by $2 billion due to Armenia's extensive militarization policy, including the purchase of Indian and French weapons.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation in Azerbaijan, violations of human rights and international law, as well as relations with Armenia. The resolution demanded the withdrawal of the military from the territories freed from Armenian occupation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan was dissatisfied with the requirements contained in this document and summoned the EU ambassador.

Azerbaijan cleared more than 158,000 mines and unexploded ammunition placed by the Armenian army in the liberated territories. Since the end of the war, 70 Azerbaijani citizens have been killed and 309 injured as a result of mine explosions planted by Armenian forces during the occupation.

Azerbaijan sent a note of protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia in connection with the arrest of three of its citizens in Chechnya. The note expressed concern about the possibility of forcibly transferring captured citizens to the war zone on the territory of Ukraine. The Azerbaijani side demanded that the Russian Foreign Ministry understand the situation and take measures to protect the rights of its citizens.

Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan are planning to launch a joint production of ferries. Ferries are provided for the needs of Uzbekistan. The cost of the project is 150 million dollars.

The Presidents of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan signed the Treaty on Alliance Relations. The parties also agreed to increase the number of air flights, adopt a comprehensive program covering 20 priority routes, increase the volume of trade several times, etc. At the Uzbek-Azerbaijani business forum, a portfolio of promising projects with a total value of more than 2 billion dollars was formed.