India Blocks Azerbaijan SCO Bid: How Baku’s Loyalty to ‘Big Brother’ Pakistan During Operation Sindoor Hit Tourism and Diplomacy | World News

Baku: Azerbaijan comes up after accusing India of preventing the attempt to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The officials and the media in Baku said that the movement for Azerbaijan, which clearly supports Pakistan in a military conflict with India in May, was retaliation. Baku, who was far from an neutral actor, has developed close ties with Islamabad for a long time and condemned India’s Sindoor operation. Now, economic and diplomatic results are rapidly following.

During a meeting between the SCO summit in Tianjin, China, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for calling Pakistan’s “victory üzerinde over India. Despite India’s actions in international forums, he stressed that Azerbaijan will continue to prioritize Pakistan with Pakistani “Brotherhood ..

According to Daily Sabah, the Turkish newspaper emphasized political, cultural and strategic ties and discussed the trade and economic cooperation that expanded through the interchangeable commission of Azerbaijan and Pakistan.

The Sheriff praised Azerbaijan’s “solidarity” during the conflict and expressed his gratitude to Aliyev on behalf of Pakistan. He also recalled his previous visits to Baku and underlined the importance of the Format of the three-sided Azerbaijan-Türkiye-Pakistan.

During the Sindoor operation, Azerbaijan, Türkiye and China with Pakistan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijan condemned India’s military action and expressed our condolences to Pakistani civilians affected by conflict and called for a diplomatic solution.

Similarly, Türkiye condemned India’s “unmistakable aggression ve and warned that the operation could turn into a full -scale war. Pakistan’s use of Turkish -made Songar drones during a four -day operation was added to regional tensions.

For Pakistan, this public support led to anger in India. Social media calls for Azerbaijan and Türkiye to boycott it. Indian travel operators canceled packages and consultants warned the tourists to visit the “only if necessary”. EaseMytrip, IXİGO and travomint were suspended, while MakemyTrip trips decreased by 60% and an increase of 250% of the cancellations given to Azerbaijan and Türkiye according to NDTV.

The effect is concrete. After India, Russia, Türkiye and Iran, Azerbaijan has emerged as one of the largest tourism sources. In 2014, tourist arrival rose from 4,853 Indians to 243,589 in 2024. Between January and April 2025, more than 80,000 Indian tourists visited Azerbaijan and made up about 11% of all arrival. Each visitor, with 100,000-130,000 RS, received an important economic blow, as Azerbaijan trusted Indian tourism.

The Azerbaijani media is now calling the principle of the “Shanghai Spirit ği, which should not be poured into global forums, claiming that India’s SCO barrier violates multilateral diplomacy. Authorities argue that SCO SNUB is connected to Baku’s close ties with Pakistan. However, the economic sprinkle and tourism decline shows the cost of “brotherhood üzerinde on balanced diplomacy.

Baku’s harmony with Islamabad shows that international loyalty is a price. In this case, standing with a “brother” country may have closed the doors while hitting wallets in a forum.