On August 8, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, spoke at the 13th Ambassadors' Conference on "wise and humane Turkish diplomacy on the eve of 2023 and beyond" held in Ankara based on the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

According to the information given to APA by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, who started his speech with the words of the national leader of the Azerbaijani people, Heydar Aliyev, "one nation, two states" and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, "Azerbaijan's joy is our joy, its sadness is our sadness", is currently at the highest stage. He emphasized that Azerbaijan-Turkey relations are an example.

He pointed out that the relations have risen from the strategic level to the level of alliance with the historic Shusha Declaration.

He noted that the speech of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan at the conference of heads of diplomatic missions represented in 144 countries of the world, ambassadors of Turkey is an indicator of the highest level of relations.

Under the leadership of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, and the President of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the importance of our joint efforts serving our mutual interests and the support of our countries to each other on various international platforms was emphasized.

Minister Jeyhun Bayramov informed about the vandalism carried out during the nearly 30-year occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia.

He spoke about the steps taken by Azerbaijan in the post-conflict phase after the 44-day Patriotic War, the establishment of peace in the region, the opening of transport and communication lines, the restoration of the Zangezur corridor, and the restoration and construction works.

The participants were informed about Armenia's activities contrary to the Tripartite Declarations and the latest provocations in the region.

Minister Jeyhun Bayramov also paid tribute to Turkish diplomats and their family members who were martyred by ASALA and other Armenian terrorist organizations and said that there is no place for hateful ideologies in our region.

He particularly noted that Turkey always defends Azerbaijan's fair position based on international law, especially during the Patriotic War and in the period after it, the brotherly country's political support to Azerbaijan at all levels, Turkey always stands by the right.

It was emphasized that the decisive and purposeful steps we have taken with brother Turkey serve to further strengthen peace, security, justice and prosperity in the South Caucasus and the wider region.

Ambassadors were given detailed information about the activities of Azerbaijan, which implements independent, reliable, balanced and multifaceted diplomacy, on bilateral and multilateral platforms.

Since 2019, our initiatives within the framework of our chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement, our active membership in the Organization of Turkic States and other international platforms have made a positive contribution to international peace and security.

Talking about challenges and transnational threats in the system of international relations, the problems experienced in complying with the norms and principles of international law, the minister noted that it is important to further strengthen cooperation in such an environment, to introduce new international cooperation mechanisms and platforms.

It was brought to attention that the alliance of Azerbaijan and Turkey, which has great political and economic potential, is aimed at further strengthening peace and security in the region, as well as economic development in the region.

Despite all the obstacles, the minister mentioned the joint large-scale regional projects carried out by our states since the 1990s, and said that the current works and future plans in the fields of energy, transport and logistics have greatly contributed to the further expansion of trade and economic relations at the bilateral level, as well as at a wide regional level. said.

At the end of the speech, the diplomatic representatives of the brotherly country were wished success in their honorable and difficult activities.

Later, Minister Jeyhun Bayramov answered the questions of the participants.