President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye said during his meeting with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan that Türkiye would continue to support efforts to achieve peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia. According to Ermenihaber.am, Erdoğan travelled to Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, to attend the 26th Summit of the Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
The two leaders discussed bilateral relations between Türkiye and Azerbaijan, as well as regional and global developments.
President Erdoğan stated that, under the current circumstances in the region, the importance of the steps Türkiye and Azerbaijan have taken to enhance cooperation, particularly in the fields of energy, infrastructure and transportation, has become even clearer.
According to Erdoğan, deepening and further developing relations based on the principle of “one nation, two states” would serve the interests of both countries across all areas.
Erdoğan also stressed that Türkiye would continue to support efforts to achieve peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, adding that peace in the region would be a lifeline for the region.
During the meeting, President Erdoğan invited President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan to the COP31 Summit to be held in Antalya.