On October 13th  President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan received the delegation led by Turkey`s defense minister Ismet Yilmaz. 
President Aliyev congratulated Ismet Yilmaz on his appointment as defense minister of Turkey, wished him success in his new post. The Head of State praised the visit on the level of defense ministries, underlining this is successful especially in defense field. At his words, the visit will promote strengthening of ties between relevant structures of fraternal countries.
Turkey`s defense minister Ismet Yilmaz conveyed greetings of the president of Turkey Abdullah Gul and Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the President of Azerbaijan. Yilmaz said he was pleased with his first official visit to Azerbaijan as the defense minister of Turkey. "The words "one nation, two states" told by national leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev are already accepted over the world," Ismet Yilmas emphasized.
President Aliyev thanked for greetings from the President and Premier of Turkey and asked to convey his greetings also to them.

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