AzerTag, Azerbaijan
March 29 2005
PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES TURKISH NAVY DELEGATION
[March 29, 2005, 19:10:57]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received at the
Presidential Palace a delegation of the Naval Forces of Turkey led by
Admiral of the Fleet Ozden Ornek, March 29.
The Azerbaijani leader spoke of the steady development of relations
between Azerbaijan and Turkey in political, economic and all other
fields. `Azerbaijan and Turkey are actively involved in the global
energy projects including the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan,’ he said.
President Ilham Aliyev also noted both countries hold a common stance
with respect to international issues, and, in this connection, highly
appreciated the Turkey’s constant support of the fair position of
Azerbaijan as for the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over
Nagorno-Karabakh. Recalling his latest visit to Turkey, he noted it
had contributed much to further strengthening of the bilateral ties.
Touching upon Azerbaijan-Turkey cooperation in the field of army
building, the President described the role Turkey plays in the
building of the Azerbaijan’s army as extremely important. He
expressed confidence that the visit by the Turkish navy delegation
would make a valuable contribution to further deepening of both
military cooperation and interplay between the two countries on the
whole.
Having expressed satisfaction with the constant development of the
relations between the two friendly countries, Commander the Naval
Forces of Turkey, Admiral of the Fleet Ozden Ornek mentioned the
strengthening of the Azerbaijan-Turkey military cooperation. He
underlined that much work has been done in army building over the
past years, and said he had witnessed a great progress in the
Azerbaijani army, including the country’s Naval Forces. The guest
expressed confidence the cooperation in military sphere will be
steadily developing in the future.