Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on late Wednesday in Ankara.

After the bilateral meeting between the two leaders, Aliyev attended an official dinner at the Prime Ministry's office. In addition to Aliyev, among the participants were Deputy PM Yalçın Akdoğan, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız, Transport Minister Lütfi Elvan and National Intelligence chief Hakan Fidan.

Ilham Aliyev arrived in Turkey on Wednesday to attend the fifth meeting of the High-level Strategic Cooperation Council on Thursday.

He is also expected to hold a bilateral meeting with President Erdoğan over political, economic and cultural cooperation as well as trade volume between the two countries.