BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 26. Tensions have marked relations between Azerbaijan and Russia over the past year following the downing of an AZAL plane, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said at a press conference dedicated to the results of 2025, Trend reports.
Despite the incident, Bayramov noted that mutual dialogue and contacts between the two countries have continued.
“During the meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Heads of State Council in Dushanbe on October 9, relations moved in a positive direction after the Russian side acknowledged the plane incident,” the minister said.
According to him, in addition, the Russian Investigative Committee's decision to close the criminal case against AZAL raises very serious questions.
"The Russian Investigative Committee sent a letter to Azerbaijan in connection with the investigation of the AZAL plane crash. The letter contained points that surprised us greatly. The main issue was that the letter already mentioned that the criminal case had been closed. Undoubtedly, such a step raises very serious questions for us. The relevant authority sent a response to the letter.
Azerbaijan expects the Russian side to fulfill its obligations in connection with the crash of the AZAL aircraft. Yesterday was the anniversary of the plane crash. I express my condolences to the families of those who died in the tragedy. The fact that the plane was shot down was acknowledged by Russia some time later, and it was announced that compensation would be paid. This was a very important statement. We also expect this process to be fully implemented," Bairamov added.
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