A meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took place in Ankara Thursday, and it lasted for more than four hours, Vestnik Kavkaza reports.

The parties noted that with the signing of the "Shushi Declaration" and its ratification by the parliaments of the two countries, the Azerbaijan-Turkey fraternal and friendly relations have further developed.

The parties exchanged views on the prospects of normalization of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations in the post-conflict period, and noted the importance of the “Zangezur corridor” as well as of the opening of the Kars-Nakhchivan railway.

During the meeting, the importance of Armenia's implementation of all the provisions enshrined in the trilateral statement was stressed, too.

The parties touched also upon the Turkey-Azerbaijan cooperation in the energy sphere.