Russian President Putin To Visit Azerbaijan For Talks With Aliyev

Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to visit Azerbaijan on August 18 for talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on a strategic partnership between the two countries and other international and regional issues. Putin is expected to comment during the two-day visit on peace negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which have been taking place following years of conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. Notedly, Azerbaijan is not a signatory to the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court, meaning Putin is able to travel to the country without fearing arrest under the international warrant issued for him by the court for war crimes in Ukraine. To read the original story on RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service, click here.