Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev became the first national leader to congratulate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for “his success” in the June 24 presidential elections, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
During a phone call, Aliyev said he “appreciated Turkey’s development, success in economy and stronger position in the international arena,” Anadolu Agency said on June 24.
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, Bosnian leader Bakir Izetbegovic, and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani also congratulated Erdoğan.
Foreign ministers from Greece, Hungary and Guinea and Venezuela’s deputy president have all congratulated Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu over the phone.
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