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Baku, Azerbaijan, July 15
Trend:
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received a delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu.
The president said he had an opportunity to discuss the strengthening of Azerbaijan-Turkey relations with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when they recently met in Warsaw, adding that the bilateral ties are successfully developing.
President Aliyev stressed the importance of the fact that Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim made his first visit to Azerbaijan.
He also touched upon a timely implementation of joint projects.
The president noted that Azerbaijani-Turkish unity and friendship is strengthening and has already stood many tests.
“Our nations and other countries see that this unity and brotherhood is strong and invincible,” he added.
Saying the two countries will continue standing by each other, President Aliyev expressed his confidence that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s visit to Azerbaijan will be another step towards strengthening the bilateral relations.
Cavusoglu conveyed greetings of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to President Aliyev.
He stressed the importance of President Aliyev’s attending NATO’s Warsaw Summit and his meetings on the sidelines of the event. Cavusoglu thanked President Aliyev, on behalf of his country and people, for assistance in normalizing Turkish-Russian relations.
The Turkish foreign minister said measures taken in Azerbaijan in recent years to diversify economy has yielded good results, adding that these accomplishments are welcomed in his country.
Describing Turkish-Azerbaijani relations as perfect, Cavusoglu said the bilateral ties became closer over the past year.
President Aliyev thanked Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Binali Yildirim for greetings, and asked the foreign minister to extend his greetings to the Turkish president and prime minister.