By Ruslan Rehimov
BAKU
Turkey’s national defense minister attended a military parade in Azerbaijan Tuesday marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Azerbaijan’s army.
Nurettin Canikli, together with Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, attended the military ceremony in the capital Baku.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed his pleasure over Canikli and Akar’s attendance at the ceremony, together with Turkish troops, according to an Azerbaijani presidential statement.
Aliyev assured that relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan would strengthen further in every field, the statement said.
The Azeri leader also conveyed his congratulations to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his victory in Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
The election results are a “reflection of the high value” that people place on what has been accomplished in Turkey under Erdogan’s leadership, Aliyev said, the statement added.
On Sunday, Erdogan won an absolute majority in the presidential poll with 52.5 percent of the vote, while his closest rival Muharrem Ince received 30.6 percent, according to unofficial results.
