"Turkey hosts the G20 summit this year. Taking the opportunity, we have invited Azerbaijan to the summit,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today at a press conference in Ankara with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev.

Erdogan said trade between Turkey and Azerbaijan will grow to $25 billion by 2023 from $5 billion last year.

Erdogan also invited Aliyev to celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Çanakkale War (Gallipoli Campaign) to be held in Istanbul on April 24.