ILHAM ALIYEV: "TURKEY-AZERBAIJAN RELATIONS HAVE VERY SERIOUS POSITIVE IMPACT ON REGIONAL PROCESSES"

Azeri Press Agency
Nov 5 2008
Azerbaijan

Baku. Mayis Alizadeh-APA. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met
with President of Turkey Abdullah Gul within his official visit to
Turkey, APA Turkish bureau reports. The meeting was developed with the
participation of the delegations. The presidents made announcement
for media after the negotiations. President Gul said he was glad
that Ilham Aliyev made his first visit after the re-election to
Turkey. He said he discussed with his Azerbaijani counterpart the
stability and security in the Caucasus, Nagorno Karabakh conflict,
economic cooperation, as well as results of US presidential elections.

Abdullah Gul said a new situation was created in the Caucasus. "The
Caucasian countries are interested in peaceful solutions to the
problems of the region, including Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Turkey
has an important role in the new era began in the Caucasus".

Gul said he welcomed the declaration signed in Moscow.

In his turn, President Aliyev also noted that he made his first
official visit after the re-election to Turkey. "It shows the highest
level of our relations. Turkey-Azerbaijan bilateral relations were
established after Azerbaijan restored its independence, but before
our peoples were living and supporting each other throughout the
centuries".