President Ilham Aliyev received a delegation of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

On July 17, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TGNA) Fuat Oktay.

Fuat Oktay expressed gratitude for the reception and conveyed the greetings of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the head of state.

President Ilham Aliyev thanked for the greetings and asked to convey his greetings to the President of Turkey.

Stressing that the relations between the two countries are deeply satisfying, Fuat Oktay said that bilateral relations are developing on the basis of the principle of "One nation, two states". He noted the importance of further development of Azerbaijani-Turkish relations, which, with the signing of the Shusha Declaration, officially rose to the level of alliance, on the basis of the goals and objectives arising from this document. Stressing the importance of the fact that Azerbaijan was close to Turkey during the earthquake in the country, the chairman of the TGNA committee thanked for the support.

Expressing satisfaction with the expansion of trade and economic ties, Fuat Oktay highly appreciated the efforts of our countries aimed at expanding cooperation within the framework of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS).

He also once again brought to the attention of Turkey's serious concern about the establishment of a monument to the Nemesis terrorists in Armenia.

Fuat Oktay touched upon the issues of cooperation between our countries in the field of energy, education, military, military-technical, defense and other spheres.

Highly appreciating the importance of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's state visit to Azerbaijan after the elections held in Turkey, President Ilham Aliyev said that during this visit, issues related to the development of bilateral relations were also widely discussed.

Touching upon the cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey in the military, military-technical sphere, the head of state noted that the participation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his stay in Baku in the opening of the new Central Command Post of the Air Force is another example of the development of cooperation between the two countries in the military sphere. Stressing that with the signing of the Shusha Declaration, relations between the two countries are developing on the basis of the principle of alliance, the President of Azerbaijan noted the importance of cooperation within the framework of the Organization of Turkic States, as well as the further development of this interaction at the parliamentary level, the expansion of the activities of parliamentary committees on foreign relations within the framework of the OTS.

The head of state, in turn, once again noted the unacceptability of the installation of the monument "Nemesis" in Armenia.

At the meeting, an exchange of views was also held on cooperation in the field of the Middle Corridor and energy, as positive aspects were noted the expansion of trade and economic ties between Turkey and Azerbaijan in accordance with the Preferential Trade Agreement and the achievement of a trade turnover of $ 6 billion.

During the conversation, an exchange of views took place on other issues of mutual interest.