Turkish President Gul to visit Azerbaijan

Turkish President Abdullah Gul will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan soon, Turkish Foreign Trade Minister Zafer Caglayan said today. Turkish minister and a large delegation of businessmen arrived in Baku July 28 to hold various meetings and negotiations.

On July 28, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Zafer Caglayan. The sides discussed expansion of economic relations between Ankara and Baku, AzerTAj State News Agency reported.

President Aliyev noted Azerbaijan and Turkey had opportunities to expand the economic cooperation even more which he described as "good".

Azerbaijan and Turkey are successfully cooperating in the implementation of major regional economic projects, such as Baku - Tbilisi - Ceyhan oil pipeline, Baku - Tbilisi - Erzurum gas pipeline and the construction of the Baku - Tbilisi - Kars railway.


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