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Jaishankar and Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met in Baku, marking the first Indian foreign‑minister visit in eight years. They agreed to deepen cooperation in energy, trade, investment and the International North‑South Transport Corridor, and Jaishankar welcomed the new Azerbaijan‑Armenia peace agreement.","category":"Politics","area":"India","publishedAt":"2026-10-24T00:05:28.394Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-23T15:24:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T00:05:28.394Z","readTime":"2 min read","scores":{"trust":50,"critic":87,"hype":30,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 50: includes named officials (+12) and attribution to ministers (+8) but lacks multiple sources or documents.","critic":"Critic 87: provides context, quotes officials, clear structure, specific names, and coherent narrative.","hype":"Hype 30: headline is lively but matches article content without exaggeration."}},"tags":["#India","#Azerbaijan","#ForeignPolicy","#EnergyCooperation","#Trade","#Jaishankar"],"entities":["S. 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The visit was the first by an Indian foreign minister to Azerbaijan in eight years and followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent meeting with President Ilham Aliyev on the margins of the SCO summit."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During the talks the two ministers said they would expand cooperation in energy, trade, investment and connectivity. They specifically pledged to coordinate more closely on the International North‑South Transport Corridor, a multimodal route that links India with Europe via the Caspian region."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Jaishankar also expressed approval of the peace agreement signed between Azerbaijan and Armenia, stating that it could lead to a durable peace in the South Caucasus. He highlighted India’s position that regional disputes should be settled through dialogue and diplomacy."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The meeting acknowledged that political ties had previously been constrained. 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