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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Azerbaijani leader Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan in Prague. 44 leaders who attended the summit posed for family photos as part of the summit.
President Recep Tayyip ErdoganArrived in Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, to attend the European Political Community Summit.
Greeted at the airport by Turkey’s Ambassador to Prague, Egemen Bağış, President Erdoğan proceeded to the Prague Embassy Residence before the European Political Community Summit to be held at Prague Castle after the airport.
Erdogan, who came to Prague Castle where the meeting will be held, was the leader of Azerbaijan before the critical summit. Aliyev and Prime Minister of Armenia Pashinyan met with.
HISTORICAL SQUARE IN PRAGUE
Leaders attending the summit posed for a family photo in Prague. Within the scope of the summit, the leaders of 27 European Union countries and 17 countries, including Turkey, came together.
A FIRST IN 13 YEARS
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The most recent high-level talks between Turkey and Armenia took place in 2008, when then President Abdullah Gul went to Yerevan to watch the Turkey-Armenia football match, and then-Armenian President Serj Sargsyan came to the second match played in Bursa in 2009.
The efforts at that time, called football diplomacy, resulted in the signing of two protocols aimed at establishing diplomatic relations, opening borders and improving bilateral relations between the two countries.
Erdogan also met with French President Macron before the summit.
During his visit, President Erdoğan is accompanied by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun, and Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın.
President Erdogan is expected to return home in the evening after his one-day visit to Prague.
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