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BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (NOVEMBER 8, 2025) (TURKISH PRESIDENCY - ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN AND PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER SHEHBAZ SHARIF HOLDING BILATERAL TALKS IN BAKU
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - NOVEMBER 8, 2025: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Baku as part of his official visit to Azerbaijan.

Erdogan on Saturday arrived in Azerbaijan to attend a ceremony in Baku marking the fifth anniversary of Azerbaijan's Victory Day.

During his visit, Erdogan is accompanied by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, National Defense Minister Yasar Guler, intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin, Communications Director Burhanettin Duran, Defense Industries Secretary Haluk Gorgun, and Akif Cagatay Kilic, chief presidential advisor on foreign policy and security.

Most of the Karabakh region, which had been under Armenian occupation for nearly three decades, was liberated by Azerbaijan during a 44-day war in the fall of 2020, which ended after a Russian-brokered peace agreement and also opened the door to normalization with Yerevan.

On Nov. 8, the Azerbaijani army liberated the city of Shusha, which was later declared as Victory Day by a presidential decree.

Initially, Victory Day was to be celebrated on Nov. 10, the day of the end of the Second Karabakh War, but this was later changed due to coinciding with the anniversary of the passing of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Türkiye.