Baku, October 10 (AZERTAC). President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received a delegation of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, which observed the presidential election in the country.

On behalf of the delegation, member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Haluk Ipak, who heads the mission, congratulated the Head of State over his landslide victory.

He said they visited several regions of the country and saw high voter turnout, especially among youth.

Haluk Ipak said the observation mission included deputies from the Justice and Development Party, the Republican People`s Party and the Nationalist Movement Party.

The Turkish MP reminded that he took part in the 2003 election too, noting he witnessed great progress after every election in Azerbaijan. He said the election was observed with big interest by the President, the Prime Minister and the people of Turkey, and expressed hope the election would bring great achievements to Azerbaijan.

The Head of State described the historical friendship and brotherhood ties between the two countries as a strong foundation for development of the Turkey-Azerbaijan relations. President Ilham Aliyev said the Turkey-Azerbaijan unity was an important factor on the international scene. The Head of State praised the successful development of the relations between the two nations. Touching upon the presidential election, the Head of State praised its results as the people`s approval of work done in Azerbaijan, and expression of their will regarding future development. The Head of State expressed confidence that the Azerbaijan-Turkey bilateral relations would be further developed on all fronts.