ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday expressed serious concern over the recent attacks targeting Turkiye and Azerbaijan, warning that the incidents risk further escalating tensions and destabilising the wider region.
“These attacks are in clear violation of international law and the principles of inter-state relations and could push the region toward further escalation,” the Foreign Office said in a statement on Thursday.
“While reaffirming Pakistan’s strong solidarity with Türkiye and Azerbaijan, we call for restraint and the use of dialogue and diplomacy to maintain regional peace and stability,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office added.
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Pakistan Expresses Serious Concern Over Attacks on Turkiye and Azerbaijan
🔗⬇️ pic.twitter.com/KbVYhXL6nR— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) March 5, 2026
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar held a telephonic conversation with Azeri Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and stressed the urgent need for de-escalation in the region.
Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar50 spoke this evening with Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov @Bayramov_Jeyhun of Azerbaijan.
They expressed serious concern over the escalating regional situation and the drone attacks targeting… pic.twitter.com/pouShonEO6
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) March 5, 2026
“They expressed serious concern over the escalating regional situation and the drone attacks targeting Azerbaijan today,” the Foreign Office said.
Reaffirming Pakistan’s solidarity with Azerbaijan and its people, Ishaq Dar underscored the urgent need of dialogue and diplomacy for regional peace and stability.
Earlier, a drone hit the terminal building of Nakhchivan International Airport and a second exploded near a school in the village of Shekerabad, Azerbaijan officials said.
Condemning the strike as a violation of international law, Azerbaijan‘s Foreign Ministry has summoned Iran’s ambassador and explicitly reserved the right to take retaliatory measures.
Turkiye also reported intercepting incoming projectiles targeting areas near its eastern frontier. The attacks have heightened concerns of a broader regional confrontation, prompting neighbouring states to bolster air defences and assess potential responses.
Iran denies role
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday denied responsibility for a drone attack that struck Azerbaijan.
In a telephone call with Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, Araghchi “denied that Iran fired any projectiles” at Azerbaijan, according to a statement issued by Iran’s foreign ministry.
Araghchi said Tehran had no role in the attack and instead accused Israel of carrying out the strike to damage Iran’s relations with neighbouring countries.
He condemned what he described as “the role of the Israeli regime in such attacks in order to divert public opinion and destroy Iran’s good relations with its neighbours”.
The drone strike took place around midday on Thursday in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, an Azerbaijani exclave bordering Iran and Turkiye.
Azerbaijan strongly condemned the attack and demanded an explanation from Tehran.
President Ilham Aliyev said those responsible must be held accountable after the territory was “subjected to cowardly fire”.
“The Azerbaijani state strongly condemns this ugly terrorist act, and those who committed it must be immediately held accountable,” Aliyev said in a statement posted on the presidential website.
The wider conflict, triggered by coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran late last week, has now expanded beyond a direct Tehran-Israel confrontation, drawing in Lebanon, Iraq, and several Gulf states while disrupting air travel and prompting diplomatic evacuations.
