On October 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Aliyev met in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.

During the talks, Putin proposed to Aliyev that the talks start by discussing last year's Azerbaijan aviation crash, apologized for the tragic incident on an Azerbaijan Airlines flight in Russian airspace, and once again expressed his most sincere condolences to the families of the victims.

Putin said the incident occurred because three Ukrainian drones simultaneously entered Russian airspace in the air at the time. The Russian air defense system fired two missiles, although it did not hit the aircraft directly, but exploded a few meters away from the aircraft. At the time, the Russian ground department had proposed an emergency landing at the aircraft in the Russian territory in the city of Mahashkala, but the crew decided to return to the airport where it originated.

Putin said the aircraft was not directly damaged by the missile explosion, but by missile shells.The Russian side will conduct a legal assessment of the behavior of all those responsible for the air crash.At the same time, an objective assessment should be made of the air crash and the truth should be disclosed.

Putin stressed that Russia will take all necessary measures in the matter of compensation for the passenger aircraft crash of Azerbaijan Airlines.Putin said at the same time that it will take time to complete the relevant work on the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft.