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By Aynur Karimova

Turkey condemns the terrorist attack in Ankara and is grateful to Azerbaijan for its support, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who is on visit to Baku, told reporters on February 18.

"Turkey doesn’t distinguish between terrorists," he said.

The minister further added that the meeting of Azerbaijani and Turkish presidents that was cancelled due to the terrorist attack, will be held soon.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has postponed his visit to Azerbaijan scheduled for February 18. Erdogan planned to pay a visit to the country to join the meeting of Turkey-Azerbaijan High Level Strategic Cooperation Council in Azerbaijan's Ganja.

Azerbaijan expresses deep condolences over the terrorist attacks in Turkey, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told reporters following the meeting with his Turkish counterpart.

“We have a clear position on this issue: we condemn any form of terrorism,” said the minister, adding that currently, there is no information about the injured Azerbaijani citizens as a result of the terrorist attacks in Ankara.

“We discussed the regional, bilateral and strategic relations between our countries,” he said, adding that the sides discussed the relations in energy sphere and the project for constructing the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway.

Azerbaijan and Turkey enjoy good and developing economic ties, especially in terms of huge energy projects envisaging the transportation of Azerbaijan's hydrocarbon resources to the European and world markets through the Turkish territory.

Azerbaijan and Turkey are successfully engaged in mutual investment as well. It is expected that in the coming years, Azerbaijan will invest about $20 billion in Turkey.

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