AnkaraAzerbaijan’s president skipped a summit hosted by Turkey.
The 2 countries are feuding over headscarf limits in Azerbaijani schools.
Baku declared 31 Turkish citizens persona non grata over social media posts criticising the rules, and Oktay Saral, a chief presidential adviser, resigned.
Azerbaijani media said Aliyev was attending the U-15 World Cup closing ceremony in Baku.
Kazakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev pressed the Trans-Caspian route, which crosses Azerbaijan, as a priority.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 90+ reports worldwide
- Haberler.com
- reads Erdoğan's receipt of Bayramov as a signal of unity, framing Aliyev's absence as a diplomatic tension to manage
- TRT World leans favorable
- relays Tokayev's praise of Türkiye's global standing and his Hormuz-disruption and trade-integration framing, all in the summit's own voice
Sources: Haberler.com, TRT World