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Azerbaijan recognizes PKK as a terror organization officially, Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan

27 July 2011 22:45 (UTC +04:00)

â€œWe are very glad that Turkish-Azerbaijani relations develop rapidly and discussions during dear Mr. Prime Ministerâ€™s visit show once again how we close to each other. There are very favorable perspectives in economic field. I am very glad; trade circulation has grown this year. There are new plans and new suggestions. Investment suggestions are looked through. Turkish companies invest in Azerbaijan and Azerbaijani companies invest in Turkey. Azerbaijani companies invested 4 billion dollars in Turkish economy. Additional 6 billion dollars-capital are planned to invest next years. Turkish companies take active part in strategic infrastructure projects realized in Azerbaijan and we are very satisfied with their activityâ€.

President noted that exchange of views on increasing security measures in the region also discussed during the meeting. â€œWe talked about Turkish-Azerbaijani cooperation perspectives in this field. I would like also to express my condolences to all Turkish nation for our brothersâ€™ loses of lives after recent bloody terror attacks. We condemn acts of PKK terror organization firmly and expressed our position many times. Once again I would like to say that Azerbaijan officially recognize PKK as a terror organization and as always supports Turkish state and nation on fighting with PKK. We condemn decisively all kinds of terror and we are sure that war on terror can be successful only if all the states join their efforts. Our cooperation on fighting with terror is on high level as on other spheresâ€.

Energy issue also was also discussed during the meeting, stated Azerbaijani President. â€œ As you know these relations have great history. Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, Bakuâ€“Tbilisi-Erzurum oil-gas pipelines work successfully. We exchanged views on future perspectives. This is very important issue for both Azerbaijan and Turkey and joins our countries more closely. I am sure that future cooperation will be more successfulâ€.

President Ilham Aliyev emphasized that transportation also have important role in relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey. â€œBaku-Tblisi-Karsâ€ railway is being constructed successfully. I would like to state that Azerbaijan allocated 800 million dollars credit to Georgia for construction of railway in order to solve issue and make possible utilization of railway until the end of next year.