BAKU / ISTANBUL
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Baku, Azerbaijan's capital.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva attended the ceremony marking the 5th anniversary of the Karabakh Victory to greet visiting world leaders
🤝 Turkish President Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also attended the event pic.twitter.com/ngpm0tDpWT
The closed-door meeting focused on regional and global developments.
President Erdogan was joined by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defense Minister Yasar Guler, and intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in the meeting.
Erdogan is in Baku to attend Azerbaijan's Victory Day ceremony on Nov. 8. Earlier in the day, he and Sharif witnessed a military parade as part of the festivities.
After wrapping up his visit, the Turkish president, along with his delegation, departed Azerbaijan from Heydar Aliyev International Airport.