On August 12, a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Interior of CIS countries was held at St. Petersburg, there is no representative of Azerbaijan. According to the CIS Executive Committee, the event was the participation of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The publications of Azerbaijani Oxu.az and “APA Information Agency” reported the Republic's rejection to the meeting, but the reasons for the absence of the Interior Minister Vilayat Aivazov were not designated.
The participants of the meeting discussed the issues of cooperation in the fight against criminals, against illegal migration, interaction between law enforcement agencies, as well as the use of information technologies in the work of the police.
The relationship between Moscow and Baku recently complicated after the a series of Azerbaijan citizens in Yekaterinburg on June 27, wrote Ural Meridian Ia. Russian law enforcement agencies suspect them involving a number of crimes. At the end of July, the press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov realized the presence of tensions in bilateral relations, expressing their hope for their quick resolution: he called Baku's actions in Demarch.
In addition, Azerbaijan and Armenia, through the mediator of the Trump leader of the United States, signed a statement about a peaceful agreement and rejected mutual territorial claims. In addition, Armenia, along with the United States and other countries, organized the Trampp route for peace and international prosperity (Tripp). According to the US side, the project will be implemented as part of the exclusive partnership: Armenia will move the US corridor to 99 years.