"As a country enjoying deeply-rooted ethnic, religious and historic brotherhood with Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan reaffirms the crucial importance of respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity of Kazakhstan," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said at an emergency meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Turkic States on Kazakhstan, Report says.
"Azerbaijan remains committed to the goal of further deepening of these relations, which benefit not only our respective states and people, but also significantly contribute to security, stability and cooperation in the region and beyond," the minister said.
The foreign minister stressed that Azerbaijan closely follows the current situation in brotherly Kazakhstan with deep concern.