Erdogan discusses bilateral, regional issues with leaders of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan

By Busra Nur Cakmak and Burak Dag

ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to his counterparts from Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan on Saturday.

Erdogan discussed bilateral and regional issues with Uzbekistan’s Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Turkmenistan’s Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev, according to Turkiye's Directorate of Communications.

All three leaders congratulated Erdogan on his birthday in their separate phone calls.

In his conversation with Aliyev, the Turkish president also “extended his condolences to the brotherly people of Azerbaijan” on the 30th anniversary of the 1992 Khojaly massacre.