President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a message to President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, congratulating him on the Independence Day of Azerbaijan on May 28.
President Erdoğan stated the following in his message:
"Since its independence, Azerbaijan has embarked on a path that we are proud of. As Türkiye, we share the well-founded pride and delight of the first Independence Day of our brotherly nation, Azerbaijan, since the successful restoration of its territorial integrity in September 2023. We are always proud of Azerbaijan's progress in both the region and immediate geography, and we are very pleased with the shared desire to strengthen our high-level strategic relations in the spirit of 'one nation, two states'."