Daily brief
Azerbaijan sentenced several ethnic Armenians to life in prison on charges related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, a move occurring concurrently with international praise for a peace deal between the two nations at an awards ceremony in the UAE.
Azerbaijan protested remarks by a Russian lawmaker about Karabakh and stated its territory would not be used for threats against Iran, while also offering to help ease Iran-US tensions.
Russia suspended the issuance of Russian passports in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia.
A defense minister, unspecified in the sources, visited Azerbaijan for talks.