Bahceli: Turkey-Azerbaijan brotherhood is unshakable ahead of Ankara OTS summit

Devlet Bahceli, leader of Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), issued a statement ahead of the upcoming Organization of Turkic States (OTS) summit in Ankara and the 35th anniversary of the independence of OTS member states. He said the fraternal bonds between Azerbaijan and Turkey are so strong and historically significant that they transcend political and diplomatic issues and cannot be limited by transient processes.

Bahceli said the brotherhood between Turkey and Azerbaijan is unshakable, rooted in the will of the two peoples and the history of their joint struggle, and passed from generation to generation. He stressed that misunderstandings must not be allowed to grow. "We must not allow the seeds of discord to be sown between us," he said. He also said unity in the Turkic world does not mean that any state should dominate another, but should rest on the sovereign equality of independent states.

Bahceli expressed hope that the Ankara summit of heads of state and government would benefit Turkey, its fraternal states and the entire Turkic world, and further strengthen fraternal ties.