总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安于周日访问阿塞拜疆，出席纪念该国在与亚美尼亚的44天战争中获胜六周年的活动，此举表明这两个地区盟友近期的紧张关系可能有所缓和。
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Azerbaijan on Sunday for events marking the sixth anniversary of its victory in the 44-day war with Armenia, indicating a potential easing of recent tensions between the regional allies.
土耳其国营阿纳多卢通讯社报道称，埃尔多安正前往阿塞拜疆的卡拉巴赫地区，预计他将在那里会见总统伊l哈姆·阿利耶夫，就双边合作以及地区和全球发展举行会谈。
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported that Erdogan was headed to Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region, where he’s expected to meet President Ilham Aliyev for talks on bilateral cooperation and regional and global developments.
此次访问正值安卡拉和巴库之间紧张局势爆发之际，尽管两国有着长期的政治、军事和战略伙伴关系。
The visit comes amid a flareup of tensions between Ankara and Baku, despite their longstanding political, military and strategic partnership.
两国是南高加索地区的核心盟友，其合作巩固了欧洲的能源供应、连接欧洲和亚洲的贸易路线以及地区安全。该联盟在俄罗斯、伊朗和西方大国争夺影响力的地区也发挥着重要作用。
The nations are key allies in the South Caucasus, where their cooperation underpins energy supplies to Europe, trade routes linking Europe and Asia, and regional security. The alliance also plays an important role in a region where Russia, Iran and Western powers compete for influence.
阿塞拜疆的胜利日定于11月8日庆祝，标志着夺取纳戈尔诺-卡拉巴赫的战略城市舒沙。该山区在国际上被公认为阿塞拜疆的一部分，但历史上主要居住着亚美尼亚族人。两天后，在俄罗斯斡旋下的停火协议结束了这场战争，阿塞拜疆于2023年全面控制了该地区，导致亚美尼亚族人逃离。
Azerbaijan’s Victory Day, celebrated on Nov. 8, marks the capture of the strategic city of Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region recognized internationally as part of Azerbaijan but historically populated mainly by ethnic Armenians. A Russian-brokered ceasefire ended the war two days later, and Azerbaijan took full control of the region in 2023, prompting ethnic Armenians to flee.
9月，巴库实际上在学校中禁止了伊斯兰头巾，土耳其与阿塞拜疆之间的紧张局势随之爆发。此举受到了埃尔多安执政党的批评，该党曾在土耳其取消了类似的限制。巴库谴责了其所谓的干涉内政行为，并因批评性的社交媒体帖子禁止了31名土耳其公民入境。埃尔多安随后解雇了一名批评该禁令的顾问。
Tensions between Turkey and Azerbaijan flared in September after Baku effectively banned Islamic headscarves in schools. That move was criticized by Erdogan’s ruling party, which had lifted similar restrictions in Turkey. Baku condemned what it called interference in its internal matters, and barred 31 Turkish nationals over critical social media posts. Erdogan later dismissed an adviser who’d criticized the ban.
阿塞拜疆与以色列的紧密关系也导致了与土耳其的摩擦。巴库向以色列购买武器，并通过土耳其向以色列供应石油。
Azerbaijan’s close ties with Israel have also caused friction with Turkey. Baku buys Israeli weapons and supplies Israel with oil shipped through Turkey.
在紧张局势达到顶峰之际，阿利耶夫尽管收到了个人邀请，但还是缺席了10月30日在安卡拉举行的地区领导人峰会，而是派出了外长。他的缺席被视为盟友之间罕见的外交冷落，这两个盟友经常将彼此的关系描述为“一国两国”。
At the height of the tensions, Aliyev skipped an Oct. 30 summit of regional leaders in Ankara despite a personal invitation, sending his foreign minister instead. His absence was seen as a rare diplomatic snub between allies that often describe their relationship as “one nation, two states.”