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“The US Embassy in Baku received credible information about terrorist attacks and possible kidnappings against US citizens and foreigners in Baku,” the diplomatic mission said on its website, reported by the US State Department via Twitter.
The embassy added that “American citizens are called to be more cautious in the places where Americans or foreigners can gather”, including the large hotels in the capital, without further details about the origin of these threats.
This warning comes a day after a similar message in which the US State Department speaks of “credible” threats of attacks or kidnappings that may target Americans in Istanbul or elsewhere.
But the US State Department did not link the two warnings.
Turkey’s involvement in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict has raised the concern of many Western countries since Ankara confirmed that it wanted to help Azerbaijan “regain its occupied lands”.
On Friday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met separately with his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts, urging them to “end the violence and (protect) civilians.”
Armenian Minister Zahrab Mnatsakyanian accused Turkey of being directly involved in the conflict by providing “military technical support” and “sending military terrorists to the region”, charges that were made earlier by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President Armen Sarkissian.
A few days ago, Pompeo stated that he hopes Armenia can “defend itself” against Azerbaijan, in what appeared to be a position of support for one of the parties to the conflict.
The two countries have exchanged accusations of targeting civilians since the start of hostilities on September 27 in this mountainous region of Azerbaijan controlled by Armenian separatists with the support of Yerevan.
