Turkish president receives Azerbaijani deputy premier

ISTANBUL

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday received Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Sahin Mustafayev in the Turkish metropolis Istanbul, said Turkish presidential sources.

Their meeting at Vahdettin Mansion in Cengelkoy, Istanbul was closed to the press and lasted some 45 minutes, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT), also attended the meeting.

*Writing by Merve Berker