Reciprocal visits underline the “one nation, two states” alliance, with both leaders describing their bond as unshakable.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Türkiye on 10 November to attend the leaders’ summit of COP31, the UN climate change conference, at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The visit comes two days after Erdoğan travelled to Azerbaijan for the country’s Victory Day celebrations. The back-to-back visits highlight the close ties between the two allies.
This is the first time Türkiye has hosted the conference, formally the 31st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
A guard of honour was lined up for Aliyev at Antalya International Airport. He was accompanied by First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva.
The President and First Lady were welcomed by Binali Yıldırım, chairman of the Council of Elders of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS), and Kürşad Zorlu, deputy chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), a member of parliament and the party’s head of relations with Turkic states.
Also present were Fuat Oktay, chairman of parliament’s Foreign Affairs Commission, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, a member of parliament, Antalya Governor Hulusi Şahin and other officials.
On 8 November, Erdoğan and his wife, Emine Erdoğan, made an official visit to Azerbaijan to mark Victory Day. The date commemorates the recapture of Shusha in 2020, six years ago.
Aliyev and Mehriban Aliyeva welcomed them with a guard of honour at Fuzuli International Airport, before an official ceremony in Shusha, according to Azerbaijani media.
“Your presence with us on Victory Day brings joy to the entire Azerbaijani people,” Aliyev told Erdoğan at a joint press appearance, Trend news agency reported.
Erdoğan said: “Today, we speak of a unity of hearts embodied in the motto ‘One nation, two states.’” He added that “relations between Türkiye and Azerbaijan have stood the test of time”, and that anyone trying to weaken the two countries’ brotherhood would fail.
He said Türkiye would continue to help rebuild Azerbaijani territory and would support Baku’s efforts to secure lasting peace in the region.
The two presidents also met decorated servicemen in Khankendi, laid wreaths at the Victory Monument there, and visited the Khojaly Genocide Memorial.
The two countries describe their relationship as “one nation, two states”. In the 2021 Shusha Declaration, they formally raised ties to the level of an alliance.
“Our ties derive strength from our shared past,” Erdoğan said in Shusha. “Our brotherhood has long surpassed the boundaries of commonality in language, history, and culture.”
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