Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend S.Ilhamgizi / The Ambassador of Turkey to Azerbaijan, Huseyn Avni Garsioglu, said on 30 August that Abdulla Gul's election as the President of Turkey is a chance in the relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey and integration into the European Union.
"He well knows the foreign policy and foreign countries. Such man's election as a State Head is a success for all Turkic-speaking countries," the Ambassador said. According to Garsioglu, the relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey will always be at a high level. Touching upon the effect of the new President on Turkish-Armenian relations, the Ambassador called Armenian as a country that does not recognize international relations and said that the relations will remain as they were in their previous state.