PM Rasizade to join inauguration of Turkish president
Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Artur Rasizade left Baku for Ankara to participate in the inauguration of the newly elected president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers announced about that on August 28.
The inauguration will be attended by top officials of 53 countries.
The ceremony will be attended by the presidents and heads of state from 15 countries, 2 speakers of parliament, 10 prime ministers, 7 foreign ministers, 1 vice-president and 1 vice-premier. The ceremony will also be attended by the Emir of Qatar, and the United States delegation.
Turkey held the presidential election on August 10. Incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who gained 51.8 percent of votes, won the election.
The former head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu ranked second with 38.56 percent of votes, while the People's Democracy Party's (HDP) Head Salahaddin Demirtas, who gained 9.79 percent of votes, ranked third.
Erdogan was elected the 12th president of the country. Erdogan will take the oath at the meeting of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT). On the same day ceremony of transfer of the presidential power from leaving President Abdullah Gul to Erdogan will be held at the residence of Chankaya.
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