Azerbaijan President receives TURKSOY director-general

On Sept. 17, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev received TURKSOY Director-General Dussen Kasseinov, AzerTAj state news agency reported.
The TURKSOY chief praised the organization's cooperation with Azerbaijan.
Dussen Kasseinov said TURKSOY plans to arrange an event in Baku.
"Under TURKSOY`s project the Koroglu opera by outstanding Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibayov will be staged at the Baku stage on September 18."
"The performance has already raised a tremendous interest in Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan," the TURKSOY chief added.
President Ilham Aliyev said the project would help bring the two countries' people closer to each other and strengthen their cultural ties.
Both President Ilham Aliyev and Dussen Kasseinov expressed confidence the Azerbaijan-TURKSOY cooperation would further develop.