Azerbaijan Confirms Secret German-Russian high level Talks Were Held in Baku

Disturbing news! Possibly a political bombshell revelation! Incredible, if confirmed!

Again how clueless and naive is the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz?

"... According to flight records cited by media reports, the clandestine meeting took place in the Azerbaijani capital from July 12 to 14. Aliyev’s remarks marked Azerbaijan’s first public acknowledgment of the reported visits, though he emphasized that Baku did not organize, host or participate in the talks.

Similar quiet channels of dialogue reportedly also took place in Baku last year. ...

Unofficial diplomatic channels

The confirmation follows a joint investigation by German media outlets Die Zeit and ARD, which reported that former senior German politicians have been holding back-channel discussions with Russian representatives in Baku since 2024.

Among those reportedly involved on the German side were former Chancellery chief Ronald Pofalla and former Brandenburg Minister-President Matthias Platzeck.

The Russian delegation reportedly included senior figures close to 4Vladimir Putin, including Gazprom chairman Viktor Zubkov and Valery Fadeyev, head of the Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. ..."

Azerbaijan Confirms Secret German-Russian Talks Were Held in Baku "In brief: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev confirmed that former German and Russian officials held secret talks in Baku earlier this month to discuss possible ways to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. Speaking alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin, Aliyev said Azerbaijan was not officially informed by either side. Merz denied any German government involvement, while the reported talks raised concerns over unofficial diplomacy without Ukraine at the table."

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliev sign the Joint Declaration of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Azebaijan on Bilateral Cooperation at the Chancellery in Berlin on July 21, 2026.