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Aliyev Sends Another Message to Ankara: Support for the UAE's UN Secretary-General Candidate, a Rival of Turkey - Serbestiyet

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While Turkey was preparing to nominate Feridun Sinirlioğlu for the UN Secretary-General position, Azerbaijan announced that it "welcomed" the candidacy of Lana Zeki Nusseibeh, the candidate of the United Arab Emirates. Baku did not make a similar statement regarding Sinirlioğlu. This diplomatic choice, coming after Aliyev's absence from the Ankara Summit and the harsh accusations leveled against Turkey by the APA, attracted attention. Another me…

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Azerbaijan has announced its preference regarding the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General race. Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Aykhan Hajizada welcomed the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) initiative to nominate Minister of State Lana Zaki Nusseibeh for the position of UN Secretary-General.

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Before the impact of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's announcement that he would not attend the Turkic States Organization (TSO) Summit in Ankara had even subsided, news from Baku caused a new rift in Turkey-Azerbaijan relations. President Tayyip Erdoğan had been lobbying for quite some time for Feridun Sinirlioğlu, the Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), to become the UN Secretary-General, a…

The anti-Azerbaijani campaign in Turkish media and social networks continues unabated

While Turkey was preparing to nominate Feridun Sinirlioğlu for the UN Secretary-General position, Azerbaijan announced that it "welcomed" the candidacy of Lana Zeki Nusseibeh, the candidate of the United Arab Emirates. Baku did not make a similar statement regarding Sinirlioğlu. This diplomatic choice, coming after Aliyev's absence from the Ankara Summit and the harsh accusations leveled against Turkey by the APA, attracted attention. Another me…

Azerbaijan will support Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, the candidate of the United Arab Emirates, instead of Feridun Sinirlioğlu, whom Türkiye plans to nominate for the UN Secretary-General position. While tensions between Ankara and Baku, which began with the headscarf controversy, continue, Ilham Aliyev's absence from the summit in Ankara also drew attention.

Following recent diplomatic tensions between Turkey and Azerbaijan, a noteworthy statement came from the Baku administration. At a time when Türkiye is considering nominating Feridun Sinirlioğlu for the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General position, Azerbaijan announced its support for Lana Zeki Nusseibeh, the candidate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Karar Gazetesi broke the news on Friday, October 30, 2026.
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