Erdogan, Aliyev attend military parade in Baku

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan together with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on Thursday attended a massive military parade in Baku to celebrate the outcome of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Azerbaijan's army paraded military hardware and weapons seized from Armenia during the six-week war through the capital Baku ahead of Erdogan's arrival to rehearse for a large-scale victory parade on Thursday.

Erdogan's office said the visit would provide an opportunity for the "brotherly countries" to strengthen ties and for talks on promoting Azerbaijan's "rightful cause on international platforms".

Azerbaijan's historic win against Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh last month was an important geopolitical coup for Erdogan who has cemented Turkey's leading role as a powerbroker in the ex-Soviet Caucasus region.

Turkey strongly backed Azerbaijan during the conflict and left more than 5,000 people dead.