Ilham Aliyev to leave for Ankara, Turkey

  15 March 2016    Read: 3868
Ilham Aliyev to leave for Ankara, Turkey
Ilham Aliyev, the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan will leave for Ankara to attend the fifth meeting of Turkey-Azerbaijan High Level Strategic Cooperation Council will be held in Ankara instead of Baku.

The initiative to hold the meeting in Ankara came from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, AzVision.az reports citing Anadolu Agency.

Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdoğan thanked Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for this gesture and his solidarity in the fight against terrorism, the agency says referring sources at the Turkish Presidential Administration.

Erdoğan has cancelled his scheduled visit to Azerbaijan on March 15.

Earlier, Turkish president cancelled his scheduled visit to Azerbaijan after a terror attack in capital Ankara on Feb. 18.

A meeting of the Turkey-Azerbaijan High Level Strategic Cooperation Council was expected to be held during Erdogan’s visit to Azerbaijan.

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