Hero-Arkadag sent a congratulatory letter to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of Azerbaijan's accession to the format of advisory meetings of the heads of states of Central Asia, Turkmenistan reports.

Central Asian countries will increase the role and weight of Central Asian states and Azerbaijan in the global arena,” wrote Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in a letter.9 The decision was made at the 7th Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia in Tashkent recently.

“Of course, this is an event of a historical scale. It marks the transformation of Central Asia and Azerbaijan into a single geopolitical and geo-economic space and thus the creation of a strong unification of our peoples and states on the basis of brotherhood, good neighborliness, equality and cooperation, a faithful understanding of their historical destinies in their inseparability and indivisibility,” claimed the hero-Arkadag.

“I am convinced that the accession of Azerbaijan to the format of advisory meetings, taking into account the political authority of your country, its colossal resource, industrial, technological potential, reached the frontiers in the cultural and humanitarian spheres will be the defining element of the comprehensive rapprochement of our countries and peoples, an incentive for active participation in the current trends of regional and international development, the role and weight of the states of Central Asia and Azerbaijan in the global arena as responsible, united partners who are aware of their worthy role and place in the world coordinate system and are ready to achieve their goals together,” said Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

“I firmly believes that the decision made is absolutely natural, objectively reflecting the historical trajectory of development countries of Central Asia and Azerbaijan, their urgent needs and true interests”, noted in the letter.

As Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov emphasized, “It is Central Asia and Azerbaijan that is destined to be a key link in the transcontinental multi-vector interconnection, without which it is unthinkable to create a balanced, successful and sustainable architecture of the modern economy.”

“The format of the consultative meeting is the most important platform necessary to ensure peace, trust, harmony, good neighborliness and mutually beneficial partnership for all its participants,” writes Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. At the end of his message, the hero-Arkadag wrote that Ilham Aliyev was expected "as a dear brother and friend at the 8th advisory meeting of the heads of states of Central Asia and Azerbaijan in Turkmenistan next year."