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He was greeted at Fuzuli International Airport by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The two leaders walked arm in arm on the tarmac after the arrival of Erdoğan's plane. Erdoğan is accompanied by several Turkish ministers and officials."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on details of the greeting"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"While most reports agree that President Erdoğan was greeted by President Aliyev at Fuzuli International Airport, the digest from Daily Sabah states Aliyev welcomed Erdoğan on Sunday, while the digest from sabah.com.tr states Erdoğan landed on the occasion of the 6th anniversary of Azerbaijan's November 8 Victory Day and was greeted by Aliyev."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the centre-rated reports covered this story. 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