Turkish Ambassador completes his diplomatic tenure in Azerbaijan


Baku, April 7, AZERTAC
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has met with Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Erkan Ozoral upon the termination of his diplomatic tenure.
Minister Jeyhun Bayramov hailed Erkan Ozoral’s role as an ambassador in the development of high-level relations between the two brotherly countries and thanked him for his contribution in this regard.
FM Bayramov noted that high-level relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey impose great responsibility also on the ambassadors, and stressed that Ambassador Erkan Ozoral, during his diplomatic activity in Azerbaijan, successfully coped with this important task and successfully worked as ambassador of fraternal Turkey in a historical period for Azerbaijan.
Ambassador Erkan Ozoral said he did not separate Azerbaijan from Turkey, adding this will always be the case. He said he was proud to serve as ambassador at a very important time for Azerbaijan and thanked him for the high attention and cooperation shown to him during his diplomatic career. Emphasizing with satisfaction that the visa requirement for visits between Azerbaijan and Turkey has been abolished and the citizens can now travel on the basis of ID cards, the ambassador described it as a manifestation of fraternal relations between the two countries.
Minister Jeyhun Bayramov expressed his confidence that Erkan Ozoral will carry on his next task with high professionalism and wished the ambassador success in his future endeavors.
The sides also exchanged views on issues of mutual interest.