AFTER SINDOOR FRICTION, INDIA & AZERBAIJAN RESET TIES WITH EAM VISIT
Amid ongoing efforts by both India and Azerbaijan for a reset in ties, external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov agreed to expand cooperation in energy, trade, investment and connectivity in a "very productive" meeting in Baku.Jaishankar's visit to Azerbaijan was the first by an Indian foreign minister in the past 8 years and built upon the diplomatic goodwill created by PM Narendra Modi's meeting with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on the margins of the SCO summit in Bishkek last month.
Political ties between the 2 countries had been held back by geopolitical reasons for a while, mainly Azerbaijan's ties with Pakistan - as evident from its support for Islamabad after Op Sindoor last year - and India's defence ties with Armenia. While Bayramov spoke about taking the relationship to a higher level, setting aside past differences, Jaishankar underlined the significance of trade and energy cooperation.
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