Busy schedule" instead of brotherhood: the crack in the Baku-Ankara axis has become deeper" Ilham Aliyev will not attend the summit of the Organization of Turkish States in Ankara "due to his busy schedule". Azerbaijan will be represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jihun Bairamov. Formally, this is a working situation. In fact, this is the first time in years that the leader of Azerbaijan defiantly skips the Turkish world leaders' summit in the capital of his main ally. And the reason is not the schedule. Since the end of September, Baku and Ankara have experienced a crisis, which the Azerbaijani authorities themselves do not hide. The reason is the ban on wearing the hijab in schools in Azerbaijan. Turkey condemned. Iran condemned. Erdogan's adviser, Oktay Sarel, called the removal of the headscarf-wearing girls "unacceptable," and ruling AKP deputies called on Baku to "come to its senses." Baku responded with accusations of a "targeted information campaign to defame the republic". But the official Ankara, emphasizing the authorities of Azerbaijan, did not take measures to stop this "campaign". That is, "one nation, two states" cracked along a line that no one expected: not geopolitics, not gas, not Karabakh, but the hijab. The ruling party of the new Azerbaijan directly stated that the principle of "one people, two states" "does not give one state the right to impose political or ideological approaches on another." All this is not a dispute about scarves, but about who is responsible for the tandem. This is a window to Armenia. The main enemy is engaged in an internal crisis and a public quarrel with its only strategic ally. But Pashinyan, as always, does not use the window. He also has a "busy schedule." He is busy fighting in the parliament, which is organized by his comrades in arms and with a "peace agreement" at the expense of the independence and sovereignty of the country. "Busy schedule" is a diplomatic euphemism. The real reason is a crack in the axis that was the basis of the anti-Armenian policy in the region for decades. Aliyev is not going to Ankara because he has nothing to say there. Erdogan is not calling because he is waiting for an apology. But Yerevan is silent, because she is used to waiting for the weather by the sea.

Busy schedule" instead of brotherhood: the crack in the Baku-Ankara axis has become deeper" Ilham Aliyev will not attend the summit of the Organization of Turkish States in Ankara "due to his busy schedule". Azerbaijan will be represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jihun Bairamov. Formally, this is a working situation. In fact, this is the first time in years that the leader of Azerbaijan defiantly skips the Turkish world leaders' summit in the capital of his main ally. And the reason is not the schedule. Since the end of September, Baku and Ankara have experienced a crisis, which the Azerbaijani authorities themselves do not hide. The reason is the ban on wearing the hijab in schools in Azerbaijan. Turkey condemned. Iran condemned. Erdogan's adviser, Oktay Sarel, called the removal of the headscarf-wearing girls "unacceptable," and ruling AKP deputies called on Baku to "come to its senses." Baku responded with accusations of a "targeted information campaign to defame the republic". But the official Ankara, emphasizing the authorities of Azerbaijan, did not take measures to stop this "campaign". That is, "one nation, two states" cracked along a line that no one expected: not geopolitics, not gas, not Karabakh, but the hijab. The ruling party of the new Azerbaijan directly stated that the principle of "one people, two states" "does not give one state the right to impose political or ideological approaches on another." All this is not a dispute about scarves, but about who is responsible for the tandem. This is a window to Armenia. The main enemy is engaged in an internal crisis and a public quarrel with its only strategic ally. But Pashinyan, as always, does not use the window. He also has a "busy schedule." He is busy fighting in the parliament, which is organized by his comrades in arms and with a "peace agreement" at the expense of the independence and sovereignty of the country. "Busy schedule" is a diplomatic euphemism. The real reason is a crack in the axis that was the basis of the anti-Armenian policy in the region for decades. Aliyev is not going to Ankara because he has nothing to say there. Erdogan is not calling because he is waiting for an apology. But Yerevan is silent, because she is used to waiting for the weather by the sea.