Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arınc has met Azerbaijan's former ambassador to the country Zakir Hashimov on completion of his diplomatic mission.

Bulent Arınc said Azerbaijan and Turkey were “one nation, two states”.
He said thanks to the efforts of President Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, relations between the two countries had strengthened.
He hailed political, economic and cultural cooperation between the two countries.
Touching upon the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Arınc said his country always supports Azerbaijan on the issue.
Zakir Hashimov, in turn, thanked the Turkish government for the conditions created for Azerbaijan's diplomatic representations in the country.
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