Presidents of Turkey, Azerbaijan Inaugurate Fuzuli International Airport

October 26, 2021, Fuzuli Azerbaijan.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Azerbaijani counterpart on Tuesday jointly inaugurated a new airport in the area liberated from Armenian occupation.

Erdogan is the first head of state to land at Fuzuli International Airport, Azerbaijan's first airport in the area liberated from Armenia. This is the Turkish president's third official visit to Karabakh since the region's liberation last year.

The Turkish president and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev cut the ribbon to officially open the new airport, then toured the building and spoke with authorities.

Erdogan also attended the groundbreaking ceremony of a highway in Fuzuli.

As a gesture of goodwill, Erdogan and Aliyev buried a handwritten note at the site. "The foundation of the Horadiz-Jabrayil-Zangilan-Aghband highway (Zangezur corridor ) was laid by Aliyev and Erdogan," it said.

Source: Anadolu Agency via Reuters
Voice: Jess Lefebvre
Editing: Özgür Özer