President meets three new envoys

President Ilham Aliyev received credentials from the newly-appointed envoys of Turkey, Korea and Norway on Monday.

In a meeting with the Turkish ambassador, Huseyin Avni Karslioglu, President Aliyev said the high-level cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey substantially affects the development of the region, noting that energy and transport projects make the two countries even closer.

The Turkish diplomat, in turn, called Azerbaijan “his second motherland” and vowed to make every effort to strengthen bilateral relations during his diplomatic tenure.

During a meeting with the Korean ambassador Lew Kwang-Chul, the Azerbaijani president emphasized the development of economic relations between the two countries.

Receiving the new Norwegian ambassador Ion Ramberg, Aliyev said that although bilateral relations have deep roots, there is a need to strengthen them. The Norwegian envoy concurred with the head of state, citing the need to use the existing potential properly.*