President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today met President of Turkmenistan Sardar Berdimuhamedov in Ashgabat.

APA reports that President Sardar Berdimuhamedov expressed satisfaction with welcoming the head of state in Ashgabat and thanked President Ilham Aliyev for accepting the invitation to attend the summit.

Recalling that the first summit was held in Ashgabat in 2002, the President of Turkmenistan stressed that the event laid the foundation for long-term cooperation.

Touching upon the signing of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea in 2018, Sardar Berdimuhamedov said that work was underway on many agreements on cooperation in transport, shipping, peace, environmental security, fisheries, emergency warning and prevention in the Caspian Sea.

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Expressing gratitude for the invitation, President Ilham Aliyev first of all personally congratulated Sardar Berdimuhamedov on his election as President of Turkmenistan and wished him success in his work.

The President of Azerbaijan recalled with pleasure that he had sent a letter to Sardar Berdimuhamedov and congratulated him on the phone.

President Ilham Aliyev expressed confidence that the sustainable development achieved in Turkmenistan under the leadership of Sardar Berdimuhamedov would be continued.

Touching upon the importance of the Summit, President Ilham Aliyev noted that Turkmenistan initiated the summit of the Caspian littoral states 20 years ago and laid the foundation for broad and multilateral cooperation in the Caspian Sea, emphasizing the importance of signing the Convention.

Highly appreciating Turkmenistan's contribution to cooperation in the Caspian Sea and the Caspian littoral states, the President of Azerbaijan expressed confidence that today's summit will be another step in strengthening cooperation in security, ecology and water resources.

Saying that the Caspian Sea is a sea that unites our peoples who have lived as neighbors for centuries, President Ilham Aliyev expressed confidence that future secure development in our region will be ensured, emphasizing the great role of the Caspian littoral states.

Noting that our bilateral relations are developing successfully, the head of state said that we appreciate these relations.

President Ilham Aliyev expressed confidence that active work would be carried out in a bilateral format with President Sardar Berdimuhamedov to raise the level of our interstate relations in the future.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today met President of Turkmenistan Sardar Berdimuhamedov in Ashgabat.

APA reports that the President's Press Service reported about it.