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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Khankendi, highlighting strong bilateral ties and regional cooperation.
The Pakistani Prime Minister commended Azerbaijan’s organization of the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), and highlighted their joint efforts to strengthen regional cooperation. Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif also reflected positively on his visit to Lachin and the Azerbaijan–Türkiye–Pakistan trilateral meeting, expressing admiration for the reconstruction work underway in Karabakh.
Both leaders underscored the strong political, economic, and energy partnerships between Azerbaijan and Pakistan.
President Ilham Aliyev thanked Pakistani Prime Minister for attending the summit and emphasized the importance of continued collaboration. President Ilham Aliyev also recalled with satisfaction the Prime Minister’s visit to Lachin and the discussions held in the trilateral format.
The two also discussed cooperation within international organizations and shared perspectives on regional developments.
The collective-defence agreement between Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signals that regional powers no longer want to rely solely on external security guarantees. Whether it becomes a stabilising deterrent or another axis of rivalry remains unresolved.
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has slowed, according to the latest data, as uncertainty over the waterway’s reopening kept most shipowners away. Six commodity vessels crossed the strait on Tuesday, down from nine the day before and below the 10-day daily average of 11.
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains limited on Thursday, with no increase in vessel crossings as U.S.-Iran talks to resolve the conflict remained stalled. Nine commodity vessels transited the key waterway on Wednesday, unchanged from the previous day, according to Kpler data.
Iran has said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the U.S. fulfils the terms of an interim deal, including lifting the maritime blockade and sanctions and releasing Iran’s frozen assets.
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Syria says it assured Israel that Türkiye had no plans to establish a military presence at the Abu al-Duhur airbase before Israeli forces struck the site on Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued his strongest warning yet over Türkiye's growing military role in Syria, saying Israel will not accept Turkish forces expanding their presence further south.
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