Burc Eruygur
05 March 2026•Update: 05 March 2026
ISTANBUL
Uzbekistan on Thursday condemned a drone strike on Azerbaijan’s autonomous Nakhchivan exclave earlier in the day, calling it “unacceptable.”
During a phone conversation with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, Uzbek Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov said that his counterpart informed him about the incident, which he said “resulted in injuries among civilians and damage to infrastructure.”
“Emphasized that such actions are unacceptable, as they run counter to the principles of international law and violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of another state,” Saidov wrote on Telegram.
The phone call comes as Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said that its exclave was hit by drones launched from Iran, with one drone striking the terminal building of Nakhchivan International Airport, while another fell near a school building in the village of Shakarabad.
“We strongly condemn these drone attacks launched from the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which resulted in damage to the airport building and injuries to two civilians,” it said in a statement.
Iranian authorities have not yet commented on the incident.
