Azerbaijani president due in Turkey
Güncelleme Tarihi:
The president of Azerbaijan will visit Turkey next week upon an invitation by the Turkish president.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will pay a formal two-day visit to Turkey on November 5, and be the guest of Turkey's President Abdullah Gul.
This will be Aliyev's first visit to a foreign country after he was re-elected the president of Azerbaijan.
Aliyev and Gul will have a tete-a-tete meeting on November 5, and chair a meeting between Turkish and Azerbaijani delegations.
Gul will host a dinner in honor of the visiting president in the evening of November 5.
Aliyev's visit to Turkey is important since it will take place immediately after Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev meet in the Russian capital of Moscow on November 2.
Also, Gul will fly to Azerbaijan on November 14 to participate in an energy summit in the capital Baku.