NEW: How Azerbaijan-Russia relations came to a breaking point. • Baku is leveraging the latest spat with Moscow to reduce Russian influence in the region and potentially strengthen security cooperation with Turkey. Comments by @RusifHuseynov2 .

Ankara’s popular mayor Mansur Yavaş: . “In a system where the law is bent and twisted according to politics, where justice is applied to one group and ignored by another, no one should expect us to trust the rule of law or believe in justice.”.

Turkish police detains Antalya, Adana and Adiyaman mayors this morning on on suspicion of extortion and bribery. Adana and Antalya are pretty large cities. They are all main opposition CHP affiliated politicians.

NEW: Iran will attend the nuclear talks with the US probably next week in Norway, Tehran confirms.

RT @shafiyev_farid: Photo of the day, from ECO Summit in Khankendi

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RT @zeeshan_shah_dc: This is a good piece by @ragipsoylu about the spat between Azerbaijan & Russia. To the extent that a former Azerbaijan….

No single person confirms that Erdogan and Pashinyan in Istanbul reached a deal on the so-called Zangezur Corridor, which would exclude Russia. So stop spreading fake news because it sounds good.

RT @RusifHuseynov2: 🇦🇿🇷🇺 It was a pleasure to speak with @ragipsoylu and contribute to his recent article on Azerbaijan-Russia tensions. Ch….

Pope Leo met Turkey’s First Lady Emine Erdogan and her daughter in Vatican. Erdogan told the Pope it was crucial for Christian world to raise its voice over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Pope may visit Turkey in November. Turkish Deputy FM Yılmaz also attended the meeting.

SCOOP: Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders to meet in Dubai later in July. • Aliyev and Pashinyan are expected to discuss the draft peace deal as Baku still has further demands . • UAE FM made separate preparatory calls to Baku and Yerevan same day in June .

Eve more wild, Namazov, a former Azerbaijani official, said that the future Turkish base in Azerbaijan should be also leased to Pakistan Air Force, which possesses nuclear weapons.

A large Turkish military base in Azerbaijan? . • Eldar Namazov, a former head of the presidential administration of Heydar Aliyev, said that Azerbaijan should invite Ankara to establish a base in the region to counterbalance Iran and Russia .

Alarmed by possible Libyan ratification of 2019 maritime deal with Turkey, Greek Foreign Minister is expected visit Benghazi and Tripoli later this month .

Several diplomats told MEE that reports claiming Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia have recently reached a deal to sideline Russia in the "Zangezur Corridor" are “fake news” . Seems like an attempt to get back at Russia, reminding its vulnerable position .

RT @yosefyisrael25: The Israeli censorship authorities ordered the deletion of an article about an apartment in the UK that was purchased f….

RT @asliaydintasbas: Super interesting story from @ragipsoylu. Kurds now feature prominently in Turkey-Israel regional rivalry.

Azerbaijan now openly ridicules Russian citizens who were arrested on charges of trafficking.

Elon Musk remembers that Trump is prone to “abuse presidential powers” 6 months in.

“Strategic advantage is shifting to Turkey; only a child would fail to understand this," PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan said. "Should we hand that advantage to Israel?".