President Ilham Aliyev from Azerbaijan spoke with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday and expressed deep appreciation of Pakistan’s steadfast support for the Karabakh question, Radio Pakistan reported.
The Prime Minister expanded warm crimes to President Aliyev and the people of Azerbaijan on their country’s historic peace agreement with Armenia. He praised Aliyev’s visionary leadership in resolving the three decades -old conflict and called it a central step towards regional prosperity.
The premiere emphasized Pakistan’s duty to help his Azerbaijan brothers and sisters, saying, “It is heartfelt that Pakistan under President Aliyev’s bold leadership and government has finally been established. Pakistan is stuck with Azerbaijan.”
Talked with my dear Brother President Ilham Aliyev @Presidentaz This evening.
Transferred warm crimes to him and the people of Azerbaijan on the historic Azerbaijan Armenia’s Peace Agreement, reached in Washington DC.
Paid tribute to him for his vision and state crew and deep …
– Shehbaz Sharif (@cmshehbaz) August 10, 2025
PM Shehbaz paid tribute to US President Donald Trump’s role in mediation of the deal and noticed his contribution to ending both Karabakh and the recent Indo-Pak conflicts.
President Aliyev, for his part, emphasized that the era of stable peace will improve the connections between Pakistan and Central Asia. Both leaders expressed satisfaction by promoting bilateral cooperation and confirming mutual goodwill.
In a remembering their recent interaction in Lachin and Khankendi, the prime minister repeated his invitation to an official visit by President Aliyev to Pakistan. The two are expected to meet again in Tianjin during the upcoming SCO summit.
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On Friday, Azerbaijan and Armenia ended an American peace deal – facilitated by President Trump – marking a major diplomatic milestone. The trade aims to normalize relationships, increase economic integration, maintain territorial integrity and include US development rights to a strategic transit corridor through the South Caucasus.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been at odds since the late 1980s, when Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous Azerbaijan region mostly populated by ethnic Armenians, broke away from Azerbaijan with support from Armenia. Azerbaijan took back full control of the region in 2023, causing almost all the Territory’s 100,000 ethnic Armenians to flee to Armenia.
During the Soviet Union, Nagorno-Karabakh became an autonomous region of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and it enjoyed de facto independence for decades after Soviet collapsed in 1991.
