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    HEYDAR ALIYEV STREET OPENS IN ANKARA

    Today.Az
    http://www.today.az/news/politics /48803.html
    Nov 6 2008
    Azerbaijan

    President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev continues his visit to Turkey.

    Day.Az reports with reference to ANS-Press that today President of
    Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the opening ceremony of Heydar Aliyev
    street in Ankara.

    Along with Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva, the ceremony
    was also attended by Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
    Hilmi Guler, his spouse Mehtap Guler, chairman of the Boyuksheher
    municipality of Ankara Melik Gokchek, head of the Yenimehelle
    municipality Ahmed Duyar.

    Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyev visited Heydar Aliyev's
    park and put flowers to H.Aliyev's memorial. The head of the
    state further visited Heydar Aliyev's school, locating in the same
    street. Ilham Aliyev and Mehriban Aliyeva visited the classes and
    talked to the teachers and pupils.

    --------------- 16:46

    President of Turkey Abdullah Gul stated at the reception in Ankara
    arranged in the honor of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev that he
    is glad that President of Azerbaijan paid his first visit to Turkey
    after his reelection, reports Day.Az with reference to the official
    website of the presidential administration of Turkey.

    The Turkish President congratulated Ilham Aliyev with the reelection
    as a President. He noted that after gaining independence Azerbaijan won
    respect in the world for its stable and attentive policy and noted that
    "for this reason we recall late Heydar Aliyev". "He showed the best
    direction for Azerbaijan and featured the relations between the two
    countries by the phrase "one nation, two states", said Gul noting
    that under Ilham Aliyev's leadership the country attained even a
    greater progress.

    President of Turkey noted that after the recent events in the Caucasus
    Azerbaijan and Turkey are making great efforts to establish peace
    and stability in the region.

    Recalling that Azerbaijan provided the strongest support to the
    Caucasus Stability and Security Platform. Gul stressed the need to
    settle the Karabakh problem in the framework of the legal norms and
    under the UN principles.

    Stating the creation of a new climate of mutual meetings, Gul
    continued: "We hope and believe that all problems will be settled
    in this wonderful climate and all countries will further cooperate
    with each others". In the end of his speech the Turkish President
    noted that Azerbaijan and Turkey has similar thoughts and demonstrate
    solidarity in all issue.

    -------------- 16:00

    Day.Az reports with reference to Turkish Anadolu news agency that
    speaking in the parliament of Turkey President of Azerbaijan Ilham
    Aliyev said regarding the resolution of the Karabakh conflict that
    Azerbaijanis, which were forced to flee their homes during war,
    must return to Nagorno Karabakh before discussing the future status
    of this occupied land.

    He noted that the biggest problem of the South Caucasus is Nagorno
    Karabakh conflict. "Azerbaijani lands have been under Armenian
    occupation for about 20 years. Over 1,000,000 Azerbaijanis were
    obliged to flee their homes and turned into refugees.

    Armenia ignores the resolutions of the UN Security Council on the
    liberation of the occupied lands of Azerbaijan. We hope that the
    territorial integrity of Azerbaijan will be restored. For this purpose
    it is necessary to put a political pressure on Armenia", announced he.

    He noted that the unsettled conflict raises tensions in the region. The
    President of Azerbaijan voiced satisfaction with Turkey's approach
    to their said problem.

    He said Azerbaijani-Turkish relations are on the highest level
    today. The President announced that Azerbaijan is getting stronger day
    by day. "We have a political will and friends for this purpose. The
    number of our friends is growing. But among them Turkey has a special
    place".

    ------------- 15:22

    "Joint efforts of Turkey and Azerbaijan are a stability factor in
    the region", said President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, according
    to Novosti-Azerbaijan.

    "Implementation of any project either political of economic one is
    impossible without our participation and consent. Energy and transport
    projects, which are important both for the region and the entire world,
    are successfully implemented by our initiative", he said yesterday
    speaking at a reception in Ankara, organized by Turkish President
    Abdullah Gul in honor of the President of Azerbaijan.

    The head of the state announced that the ties between Turkey and
    Azerbaijan cover all spheres and "we enjoy success in all of them".

    "Our joint initiatives in the political, economic, energy and transport
    spheres strengthen our countries in separate and at the same time
    raise the cooperation between the countries to quite a new level of
    development and lead to strengthening of stability in the region",
    said Aliyev.

    He noted that the success of both countries is backed my mutual
    respect, will of the people of Azerbaijan and Turkey.

    "Turkey always supported Azerbaijan in its hard times. But today
    Azerbaijan has become stronger and is able to contribute to the
    bilateral relations", noted he.

    The President also highly appreciated Turkey's role in restoration
    of peace in the Caucasus, "we welcome and support this".

    "We have already seen the first results of Turkey's initiative
    of Caucasus Cooperation and Security Platform. We hope that
    this initiative will lead to the peaceful resolution of the
    Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno Karabakh", said Aliyev
    adding that on the whole "the initiatives of Turkey and Azerbaijan
    are aimed only at cooperation".
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