BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 16. Turkmenistan particularly values the good relations with its neighbors and attaches special importance to relations with brotherly Azerbaijan, newly appointed Turkmen Ambassador to the country Gurbanmemmet Elyasov said at a meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Trend reports.
"Dear Mr. President, as you know, it is a great honor for me to be appointed ambassador to the state of Azerbaijan, which is bound with Turkmenistan by the deep historical roots of friendship and brotherhood, language, religion, spiritual and cultural values inherited from our ancestors. I am pleased to meet you today. Taking into account the fact that our ancestors lived side by side as friends and brothers, our relations can be evaluated as centuries-old relations. Turkmenistan particularly values the good relations with its neighbors and attaches special importance to relations with brotherly Azerbaijan. As is known, these relations are also of a strategic nature. The reciprocal visits, signed documents in different fields, as well as many implemented projects have played an important role in the expansion of our cooperation. Mutually beneficial work has been done in the political and economic fields. Beneficial work has been carried out in political, economic, cultural and humanitarian fields. We are proud of these achievements," the ambassador said.