Erdoğan rejects Azerbaijan 'crisis' claims, plans November 8 visit to Azerbaijan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answered journalists' questions on the plane returning from South Korea. He said talks on financing nuclear energy cooperation with South Korea would continue, and described defence industry cooperation as covering technologies from the Altay tank to submarines, including UAVs, air defence systems and howitzers.

On Azerbaijan, Erdoğan said he was considering a visit on November 8, Azerbaijan's Victory Day, unless an extraordinary situation arose. He said he had already held phone talks with President Ilham Aliyev and had sent the head of intelligence and the foreign minister to Azerbaijan. He stressed that relations go well beyond classic diplomatic contacts.

Erdoğan also said Turkey would keep working to open the way to peace in the Russia-Ukraine war. After talks with Volodymyr Zelensky, he said Turkey wanted to hold a meeting with Vladimir Putin as well.