Ilham Aliyev and Abdullah Gul met with the participation of delegations

16 August 2010, 17:35
Ilham Aliyev and Abdullah Gul met with the participation of delegations

Following the face-to-face meeting, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the President of Turkey Abdullah Gul met with the participation of delegations.

Addressing the participants of the meeting, President Ilham Aliyev said:

- Dear Mr. President,
- Dear guests,

I greet you cordially in Azerbaijan. Welcome to us.

Your visit has a very big importance. Today, we have discussed already the large part of bilateral relations in our face-to-face meeting. We observe once again that the relations of friendship and brotherhood between Turkey and Azerbaijan develop successfully, cover all areas, and this co-operation has outstanding results. Both at bilateral and regional levels, the brotherhood and interaction of Turkey and Azerbaijan have become a very significant factor.

I am confident that during the visit, very useful discussions will take place. Members of delegations will contact each other as well as we will define our plans on our future joint activities.

I would like to say once again that these relations cover various areas. I am sure that excellent results will be obtained in each field. Welcome once again!

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Thanking for warm reception, the President of Turkey Abdullah Gul said:

- Thank you. I am grateful to you.

I am very privileged to realize this visit upon the invitation of my dear brother Ilham Aliyev. We are truly in our homeland, our country and among our brothers. The relations of friendship and brotherhood between Azerbaijan and Turkey, the commitment of all of us to the spirit of being one nation are above all.

During our today’s face-to-face meeting, all these issues have been reviewed. We have consulted each other. It was very useful to discuss with you political and economic issues as well as security issues related to the region. We have exchanged periodically our points of view about these topics. We do not treat the relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan as the ordinary protocol relations. Our frequent meetings, periodic discussions are not just very useful to our peoples, but it shows to everyone in our region that Turkey and Azerbaijan stand shoulder-to-shoulder forever. In this respect, I do believe that this visit will be very useful one.

We realize our visit in such hot month of August. We visited Azerbaijan also in winter on many occasions. We had also meetings and met each other when the Caspian was windy and full with waves. But, I do believe in the big usefulness of our today’s meeting as well as the meetings between our ministers.