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Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev held a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, congratulating him on the two-week ceasefire reached between Iran and the United States. On the same day, Aliyev signed a presidential decree updating the composition of SOCAR's Supervisory Board with a key personnel change.
During the phone call, President Pezeshkian thanked Aliyev both for the congratulations and for the humanitarian aid Azerbaijan had provided to Iran during the recent crisis. The two leaders discussed bilateral cooperation and regional stability. Azerbaijan has positioned itself as a regional bridge in the Iran-US de-escalation, a role that officials say strengthens Baku's standing as a credible diplomatic actor in the South Caucasus and the broader region during one of the most consequential geopolitical crises in years.
On the same day, President Aliyev signed a decree amending the composition of SOCAR's Supervisory Board: former Deputy Minister of Finance Azer Bayramov was replaced by First Deputy Minister of Finance Anar Karimov on the state oil company's top oversight body. The board change comes at a sensitive moment for Azerbaijan's energy sector, as regional oil markets begin stabilizing following the Iran-US ceasefire. Analysts see the personnel move as part of broader Finance Ministry coordination with strategic state assets.
Separately, Aliyev hosted Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Yermek Kosherbayev and Transport Minister Nurlan Sauranbayev in Baku on the same day. The meeting covered trilateral and bilateral cooperation, Middle Corridor transport routes, and Caspian regional economic initiatives. The visit underscores the continued deepening of the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan strategic partnership, which has become increasingly important as Eurasian trade flows reroute away from Russia amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.
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