Georgian media widely covered the meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey

Georgian media paid great attention to the meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey.

As Report informs, the official visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Azerbaijan was at the center of attention of local media.

Leading television channels, news agencies, and business publications of Georgia promptly covered the course of the visit, dedicating separate reports to the meeting of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Shusha, as well as the statements of the heads of the two states.

The First Channel of Georgia (1TV) in its report from November 8 about the visit of the Turkish president to Azerbaijan covered the meeting at Fuzuli International Airport, the subsequent official welcoming ceremony in Shusha, and also noted that the visit coincided with November 8 - Azerbaijan's Victory Day.

Later, the channel published a separate report on the speeches of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey at the joint press conference. The headline of the publication gave special attention to the Turkish president's support for Azerbaijan's efforts to ensure long-term peace in the region. The report also quoted the President of Azerbaijan saying that Turkish-Azerbaijani unity is eternal and unshakable.

One of Georgia's leading news agencies, InterpressNews, also extensively covered the visit. The agency's published report informed about the official visit of the Turkish president to Azerbaijan, the welcoming ceremony in Shusha, and the statements of the heads of the two states to the press. Additionally, it was noted that the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey visited the Memorial to the victims of the Khojaly Genocide.

At the same time, the interest of Georgian media in the visit did not arise only on November 8. Three days before, on November 5, the 1TV channel published a separate report on the Turkish president's statements regarding relations with Azerbaijan. The headline emphasized that relations between the two countries go beyond ordinary diplomatic ties, and that the existing brotherhood can overcome any obstacles.

This same statement attracted the attention of InterpressNews. On November 5, the agency highlighted in its headline the words: "There are no obstacles that the brotherhood between Turkey and Azerbaijan cannot overcome."

Thus, two main directions stand out in the Georgian media's coverage of the visit. The first is the strategic relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey, and the statements of the heads of the two states about unity and solidarity. The second is the significance of these relations for peace, security, and regional processes in the South Caucasus.

It is noteworthy that Georgian publications did not limit themselves to covering the visit as a protocol event. Special attention was given to the Turkish president's statements on the eve of the trip, followed by consistent coverage of the visit itself, the official welcoming ceremony in Shusha, the negotiations between the heads of the two states, and their speeches at the press conference.

From the speech of the President of Azerbaijan, Georgian media particularly highlighted statements about the unshakability of Turkish-Azerbaijani unity, the solidarity of the two countries during the war, and the further development of relations. In the speech of the Turkish president, the main attention was given to support for Azerbaijan's efforts to establish long-term peace in the region, the restoration of Karabakh, and the formation of a new era in the South Caucasus.

The coverage of the visit by local media shows that Azerbaijani-Turkish relations are on Tbilisi's information agenda not only in the context of bilateral ties but also against the backdrop of regional processes in the South Caucasus. The coincidence of the visit with November 8 - Azerbaijan's Victory Day, its holding in Shusha, as well as the statements of the presidents of the two countries about peace and cooperation in the region occupied a special place in the reports of Georgian publications.

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