Export arrangements entered with nations ranging from Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe, highlighting both geographic reach & growing contours of Pakistan’s defence export composition.
MEA also said India had no role to play in denying Azerbaijan membership in the SCO earlier this week, amid Azeri media reports that Baku blamed New Delhi for blocking its membership.
Speaking at the Pakistan-Turkey-Azerbaijan trilateral summit, Sharif confirmed Pakistan’s military had prepared a targeted strike against India 'on the night of 9 and 10 May'.
Trilateral meeting comes after Operation Sindoor. Ankara & Baku have supported Islamabad’s call for a neutral investigation into the Pahalgam terrorist attack.
After tourists cancelled trips to the 2 countries, traders’ body CAIT announced trade boycott. Union Minister Jyotiratidtya Scindia says 'national sentiments have been hurt'.
Using Russian airspace saves time on direct flights to US & Canada; Air India maintains all routes constantly assessed for risks and safety of passengers, crew is top priority.
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 crashed last week, killing 38 people, after accidental shooting from the ground in Russia. A Russian probe is ongoing.
The Embraer passenger jet had flown from Azerbaijan’s capital Baku to Grozny, in Russia’s southern Chechnya region, before veering off hundreds of miles across the Caspian Sea.
The aircraft that crashed had diverted from an area of Russia that Moscow recently defended against Ukrainian drone attacks. 29 survivors receive hospital treatment.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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