“President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev did not meet with leaders of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Cemiloglu and Refat Chubarov,” Press Secretary of the President Azer Gasimov told APA as some media organizations spread information that the Azerbaijani President met with Cemiloglu and Chubarov in Istanbul.

“Of course, Mustafa Cemiloglu and Refat Chubarov today approached President Ilham Aliyev to introduce themselves when he was drinking tea during the break at the session of the13th Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul. But it cannot be called a meeting,” the Press Secretary said.

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