Top Turkish diplomat meets Azerbaijani president

By Ruslan Rehimov

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday received Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Baku.

Aliyev and Cavusoglu discussed bilateral relations and exchanged views on a meeting between Turkey, Azerbaijan and Pakistan to be held later on Thursday.

Cavusoglu, his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov and Pakistan's Khawaja Muhammad Asif will for the first time hold a trilateral meeting to discuss developing relations, as well as regional and international issues. It will be followed by a news conference.

Aliyev said a new cooperation mechanism will be established after this meeting.

Cavusoglu recalled that Ankara and Baku had already established such mechanisms with countries like Georgia, Turkmenistan and Iran.

"Now, we include brotherly country Pakistan into this trilateral mechanism," he said.