Co-chaired by Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali ASADOV and Turkish Vice President Fuat OKTAY, a Turkey-Azerbaijan Business Forum, which brought together government officials, businessmen and company executives of the two brotherly countries, was held in Ankara on February 19, 2021.

Based on the excuse that the Turkish Air Force (TurAF)’s purchase of S-400 Triumph Air and Missile Defense System from the Russian Federation’s RosoboronExport defense industry and technology company as part of Turkey’s modern long-range air and missile defense system requirement, on December 14, 2020 the US Government (US Secretary of State) announced the imposition of sanctions on Turkey as per the CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act).