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Assistant to President: Azerbaijan–Central Asia relations are forming the "6" model

Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, Hikmat Hajiyev

21 October 2025 11:03 (UTC +04:00)

"In the past recent months, President Ilham Aliyev has made three visits to the Central Asian region, including Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. Today, President Ilham Aliyev is on a state visit to Kazakhstan," Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, Hikmat Hajiyev said in an X post, APA reports.

"Previously, Azerbaijan–Central Asia relations were often described in a “5+1” formula — symbolizing the five Central Asian states plus Azerbaijan as a separate partner. However, today this formula has evolved from a sheer mathematical concept into a political and historical reality — even into the matter of chemistry- transforming into a unified “6,” reflecting the deepening integration, constituting single geopolitical entity and shared destiny among these nations based on our common history, culture, traditions, ethnic and linguistic kinship," Hajiyev noted.

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