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By Amina Nazarli

Turkish Ambassador to Baku Erkan Ozoral has stated that the relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey will always be fraternal.

The envoy made the remark at an event dedicated to the 25th anniversary of establishment of the diplomatic relations between the two countries

Ties between Baku and Ankara will continue to develop in the future, said the envoy, stressing: “We will not allow Turkey and Azerbaijan to be divided again."

Ozoral said that the power of Turkey belongs to Azerbaijan, and the power of Azerbaijan belongs to Turkey.

Noting that the relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan are constantly and dynamically developing, he voiced that expects great progress in 2017 from the joint projects.

"First of all, in the near future it is planned to commission the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project. This year we also plan to implement important measures to conduct other projects. Overall, the main purpose of jointly implemented projects is to bring closer our countries and peoples," said the ambassador.

Baku and Ankara are key states in all those interstate formats. Azerbaijan–Turkey relations have always been strong with the two often being described as "one nation with two states".

Turkey became the first state to recognize Azerbaijan, which declared its independence in 1991. Intense high level contacts are the main driving main force of bilateral relations. Visiting each other’s countries immediately after assuming the office or in the wake of developments with symbolic importance became a tradition.

Turkey contributes to efforts aimed at the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and sovereignty through peaceful means.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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