PRESIDENTS MEET AT ENLARGED FORMAT
Once again greeting the President of Turkey and the Turkish delegation, President Ilham Aliyev said he attached great importance to this visit. ‘Out unity is an important factor both for our countries and for the region’, he emphasized. The historical ties connecting us, the cultural links play great role in the present. At the same time, our political relations are high level. The Turkish-Azeri relations also cover the power sector - one of the important fields for globe. The large-scale energy projects in this field connect us closely. I am convinced, President Aliyev noted, that this visit and our meeting here will fuehrer strengthen out unity, Turkey and Azerbaijan -- the two fraternal countries will come closer.
As you know, we have active political dialogue. All questions are actively discussed, and our trade links are well developed. We have reached accomplishments in all fields, and we have joint programs also in cultural and humanitarian sphere and they are successfully implemented. I am confident, that and this visit will play certain role and be very successful.
President of Turkey Ahmet Necdet Sezer expressed deep gratitude for rendered hospitality and conveyed hi pleasure with the held meetings in Baku. He, in particular, said the trade turnover between two countries would make over billion dollars current year. Opportunities for that are available, he stressed.
Noting the interest of businessmen to Azerbaijan, President of Turkey said the Turkish businessmen have invested in Azerbaijan some 2,2 billion dollars and ‘we are convinced, that this figure will go up’, he underlined. In particular, investments of the Turkish “Turk Petrollari” Company will make 4,5 billion dollars.
In the meeting, also discussed were the questions of peaceful settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the regional and international projects.
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