‘Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Pakistan always stood for sovereignty, territorial integrity, justice’: President Aliyev

By Burc Eruygur

ISTANBUL (AA) - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday said that his country, as well as Türkiye and Pakistan, have stood for sovereignty, territorial integrity and justice.

“Azerbaijan, Türkiye, and Pakistan have always stood for sovereignty, territorial integrity and justice,” Aliyev said at a trilateral summit with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lachin.

He said today’s summit has “great symbolic meaning,” adding that the first such summit was held in July last year, and that he is certain this tradition will continue.

Aliyev also touched on energy relations, stating that due to Azerbaijan and Türkiye’s cooperation, the energy map of the region, as well as the wider geography, has changed.

“Our countries have played an important role in ensuring energy security, and today, large-scale projects have been launched in the direction of the production and export of renewable energy.

“At the same time, the transport routes connecting Asia and Europe through Azerbaijan and Türkiye are of strategic importance,” he went on to say.

He added they are confident that Pakistan's close participation in this initiative through the development of a multimodal freight route will further boost cooperation.