Eliaf rejected Erdogan's invitation; A new sign of the difference between Baku and Ankara? Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, did not attend the meeting of the heads of state of Turkey, despite the personal invitation of the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to BBC Farsi, Aliyev's absence from this meeting has drawn attention to the relationship between Baku and Ankara and brought speculations about increasing differences between the two countries.

Eliaf rejected Erdogan's invitation; A new sign of the difference between Baku and Ankara? Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, did not attend the meeting of the heads of state of Turkey, despite the personal invitation of the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to BBC Farsi, Aliyev's absence from this meeting has drawn attention to the relationship between Baku and Ankara and brought speculations about increasing differences between the two countries.