The ex-Soviet country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 13.1 percent year-on-year in April-June and by 17.4 percent compared to the first quarter of this year.

Aliyev had stunned Moscow by saying it was not doing enough to stop armed incidents along the frontier and threats nine months after Baku overwhelmed Armenia and re-took occupied Azerbaijani lands held for nearly three decades.

In an extensive interview with CNN Türk, he emphasised that statements by Kremlin officials that they want to help rebuild Armenia's devastated army - crushed during Baku's 2020 retaking of long-occupied Azerbaijani lands, "were devoid of logic".

Gold production rose 1.1 percent year-on-year to 2,058 kg in January-July, while production of silver rose by 12.6 percent to 2,786 kg.

Trade between Moldova and the "separatist" area is robust. Transnistria is even part of Moldova's Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the European Union, something unheard of in other "breakaway" ex-Soviet entities.

The United States, along with allies close to Georgia, issued a statement via its mission to the Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe.