Türkiye's NATO envoy pays tribute to Azerbaijan's National Leader Heydar Aliyev

Türkiye's Permanent Representative to NATO, Basat Öztürk, visited the Azerbaijani mission to NATO to pay tribute to the late national leader Heydar Aliyev.

According to the statement of the Azerbaijani mission on social media platform X, cited by Report, Öztürk met with the head of Azerbaijan's NATO mission, Jafar Huseynzada.

The discussions focused on developing Azerbaijan–NATO partnership under the "Partnership for Peace" programme, as well as broader bilateral cooperation within NATO and other areas of mutual interest.

Öztürk also paid his respects to Heydar Aliyev on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance.

The Head of the Mission received the Permanent Representative of @TC_NATODT🇹🇷, H.E. Ambassador Basat Öztürk, at @AzMissionNATO🇦🇿.
During the meeting a discussion was held on #Azerbaijan-@NATO #partnership within the Partnership for Peace (PfP) framework, mutual cooperation… pic.twitter.com/c1u81cRj9K

— Azerbaijan at NATO 🇦🇿 (@AzMissionNATO) December 12, 2025