The media reported the appointment of Vidadi Mustafayev as the "head" of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg. However, according to APA, which is close to the State Committee of Azerbaijan for Work with Diaspora, Mustafayev has no connection to the community and was elected by an unknown group to an unspecified structure.

The UK has expanded its anti-Russian sanctions list, adding 11 new items. Among those hit by sanctions are Aimani Kadyrova, the mother of the head of Chechnya, and the regional public foundation named after Akhmat Kadyrov that she heads.

The Presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin greeted each other with a handshake on the sidelines of a parade in China. However, this did not continue with communication.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan criticized Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for calling the Trump Route – Path to International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project the "Zangezur corridor".

Tea Tsulukiani, chair of the temporary parliamentary commission investigating the activities of the National Movement, presented a report on the work done at a plenary session of the Georgian parliament. According to her, the investigative body established that, starting in 2004, Mikheil Saakashvili and his party took actions that weakened the country's position, undermined the peace process in the Tskhinvali region and the Kodori Gorge, and created a threat to Georgia's territorial integrity.

The Azerbaijani parliament has accused Russia of launching a large-scale information campaign aimed at discrediting Baku. The Milli Majlis Commission on Countering External Interference claims that the propaganda began after President Ilham Aliyev's interview with Al-Arabiya TV channel, during which his statements about the Zangezur Corridor were deliberately distorted by Russian media, social networks and bloggers.

A meeting of the First Ladies of Azerbaijan and Armenia took place within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit held in China. Mehriban Aliyeva, the wife of the President of Azerbaijan, and Anna Hakobyan, the wife of the Prime Minister of Armenia, took a joint photo, demonstrating a symbolic gesture of reconciliation and cooperation between the two countries.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has brought charges in absentia against the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, for committing war crimes.

During the SCO summit held in the Chinese city of Tianjin, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Pakistan signed a joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations. The document was signed by Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar, the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reported.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry announced the OSCE's decision to close the Minsk Group and related structures. According to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, the decision was made by the OSCE Ministerial Council.