Azerbaijan sees a historic shift towards lasting peace in the South Caucasus after decades of conflict, a senior aide to President Ilham Aliyev said on Friday at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2026 in Türkiye.

A senior aide to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said Azerbaijan is fully committed to the peace agenda, adding that Baku and Yerevan have already initiated a normalisation process.

Kairat Sarybay, Secretary General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), said on X that he praised Azerbaijan’s leadership within the organisation during a meeting with presidential aide Hikmat Hajiyev.

NATO regularly practices combat scenarios with Russia during military exercises, Russian Presidential Aide and Chairman of the Naval Collegium Nikolai Patrushev said, News.Az reports citing Lenta.Ru .

Assistant of the President of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev had a sincere discussion with Diplomatic Advisor to Italian Prime Minister, Ambassador Fabrizio Saggio in Rome, News.Az reports.