FILE In this photo provided by Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Office on Oct. 15, 2023, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev kisses a national flag in the city of Aghdara, once under Armenian control in former breakaway territory Karabakh, Azerbaijan. (Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP, File)

FILE - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attends a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Baku, Azerbaijan, on March 6, 2024. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - This file photo shows a general view of the city center of Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital, on June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

FILE - In this photo provided by the Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Office, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev speaks at a parade in Khankendi, capital of the former breakaway territory of Karabakh, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 8, 2023. (Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP, File)

FILE - In this photo provided by the Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Office, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev speaks at a parade in Khankendi, capital of the former breakaway territory of Karabakh, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 8, 2023. (Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP, File)

FILE - This file photo shows the Bibi Heybat Mosque with oil derricks in the background in Baku, Azerbaijan, on March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)

In this photo provided by the Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Office, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, his wife and Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, center, and their daughter Leyla Aliyeva walk to pay tribute to Heydar Aliyev in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP)