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WNAM MONITORING: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev personally took the wheel of a car during a joint trip with Slovakian President Peter Pellegrini, pleasantly surprising his guest with an extraordinary gesture of hospitality.
In a post on X, Pellegrini said: “It is certainly not customary for a host head of state to personally take the wheel during an official visit.”
The Slovak leader said he was “truly delighted by this extraordinary and thoughtful gesture.”
“It spoke volumes about the warmth of our bilateral relations, the friendship between our nations, and the mutual trust and respect that form the foundation of our partnership. I sincerely thank President Aliyev for this memorable expression of hospitality,” Pellegrini noted.
