"Today, we are together working side by side in the reconstruction of Karabakh,” said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the opening of Rize-Artvin airport together with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, APA reports.

"Many Turkish companies, including the company that built this miraculously beautiful airport, are also engaged in restoration of Karabakh. Today, thousands of our Turkish brothers are doing their part in the restoration of Karabakh in Azerbaijan.

We are the closest countries in the world and our countries have passed great tests together. Last year, the signing of the Joint Declaration between Turkiye and Azerbaijan in our ancient and historical city of Shusha raised our relations to the level of alliance. We are friends, brothers and now officially allies. This policy is the legacy of our ancestors, the will of our ancestors, and we are committed to this will," noted President.