The outcome of the UTC summit in Ankara from the perspective of the conflict between Turkey and Azerbaijan is as ambiguous as the conflict itself.
On the one hand, President Ilham Aliyev did not go to the summit, but sent a "Cossack sent" there - Foreign Minister Jihon Bayramov.
On the other hand, the "Cossack" represented Azerbaijan at the summit without any problems and even won a meeting with President Recep Erdogan, where the parties "emphasized the importance of strengthening alliance ties".
And Erdogan even patted the guest on the cheek. ******.
Aliev's angry gesture is understandable and readable. But in the meantime, before the summit, Aliyev sent Erdogan a Republic Day greeting, full of fraternal feelings.
Erdogan's calming gesture with courtesy to Bayermov is also understandable. Meanwhile, "anti-hijab" protests, timed to coincide with the Azerbaijani authorities' ban on hijabs in schools, remain seriously tense in Turkey.
The parties seem to emphasize to the audience: look, we fight, but we don't break dishes. ******.
A logical question slowly arises: why don't the tools break? The conflict is not solvable. The Azerbaijani authorities will not back down. The Turkish "protesters", although they were selectively taken out of the game by arrests, will not abandon the orthodox Muslim approach to what is happening in Baku.
In addition, it is no coincidence that alongside the hijab scandal, the subject of Baku's flirtation with Tel Aviv also came up. And here too, a compromise is impossible, just as a radical solution like the breakaway of Azerbaijan from Israel is impossible. ******.
One can drown in conspiracy theories about the causes and consequences of the black cat race between Turkey and Azerbaijan, but the UTC summit showed one thing: Erdogan and Aliev will not cross the red lines. Whether the conflict between states is artificial or spontaneous, leaders do not participate in it. Even if they don't control it, they certainly don't let the conflict control them.