00:00Azebujan has stated that it's continuing to formulate its responses to Iran's drone attack
00:05on Thursday, which comes the day after President Ilham Aliyev warned that any future attacks
00:10will face Azerbaijan's iron fist, as he accused Tehran of committing an act of terror.
00:16Baku officials decided to evacuate the staff of Azerbaijan's embassy in Tehran and also
00:22the consulate general in Tabriz, the reason being as the South Caucasus' country's army
00:26is mobilising to full combat readiness. At the same time, Baku had decided to shut down
00:33the cross-border traffic with Iran. Gulf countries already caught up in the Iran war
00:38have condemned Iran's attack. Qatar has spoken out, saying the act of hostility
00:43is threatening regional stability. A number of EU countries have also condemned the attacks,
00:49including France, with whom Azerbaijan has had stormy relations. Ukraine's foreign minister has
00:56said the strikes prove that Iran is a regional and global threat. Meanwhile, the UN has told
01:03Euronews in Baku that Azerbaijan helped evacuate some of its personnel and families from Tehran
01:08following rising tensions between Iran and its neighbour. That's according to local UN sources
01:14and the government, who confirmed on Friday. Nadira Tudor, Euronews in Baku.
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