President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Azerbaijani capital Baku as part of his official visit upon the invitation of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
President Erdoğan was welcomed at Baku Haydar Aliyev Airport by First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Yaqub Eyyubov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ramiz Hasanov, and Turkish Ambassador to Baku Erkan Özoral.
President Erdoğan and First Lady Emine Erdoğan were accompanied in Baku by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, AK Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik, AK Party Deputy Chair Mahir Ünal, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın and Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun.