Azerbaijan seen as first parliamentary republic in Muslim East.

Meeting takes place ahead of Turkish president's scheduled visit to Azerbaijan later Saturday.

Azerbaijani President Aliyev said his country sent letters to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, pleading to stop Russian planes carrying weapons during Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Baku and Yerevan agree to convene meetings of joint border commission as well as working group on peace treaty.

Attempts to politicize so-called ‘Armenian genocide’ unacceptable, says Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

Aliyev speaks to Russian president over phone, discusses normalization of relations with Armenia.