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PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV GIVES INTERVIEW TO TURKISH JOURNALISTS

President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev was interviewed by the Turkish journalists on October 28. The Head of State gave comprehensive answers to the questions concerning the Azerbaijan-Turkey relationship, democratization processes in Azerbaijan, the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export pipeline and other issues.

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