AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has traveled to Azerbaijan to attend programs organized for the 6th anniversary of Azerbaijan's November 8 Victory Day and to hold official talks.
The plane carrying Erdoğan landed at Fuzuli International Airport in the Karabakh region. President Erdoğan was welcomed at the airport by Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev, Turkey's Ambassador to Baku Birol Akgün, and other Turkish and Azerbaijani officials.
Following the welcoming ceremony, Erdoğan and Aliyev greeted the delegations. As part of his program, Erdoğan is expected to travel to Shusha and meet with Aliyev there. The two leaders are scheduled to hold a joint press statement after their meeting.
The visit program also includes plans for Erdoğan to visit the Khojaly Genocide Memorial and the Victory Monument in Khankendi to lay wreaths.
President Erdoğan is accompanied on his Azerbaijan visit by his wife Emine Erdoğan, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı, National Intelligence Organization Head İbrahim Kalın, Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, Chief Advisor to the President on Foreign Policy and Security Akif Çağatay Kılıç, AKP Deputy Chairman and Head of Relations with Turkic States Kürşad Zorlu, and Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States Chairman Binali Yıldırım.
News Source: 12punto
