Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Elmar Mammadyarov, said they had left all disputes behind at a joint press conference Friday in Ankara, adding that new joint energy projects are in the works.Paying his first official visit to Ankara, Mammadyarov became the first official guest hosted by Davutoğlu at his residence. “It shows how special Azerbaijan is in our heart,” said Turkey’s foreign minister. Turkey and Azerbaijan were at odds due to the reconciliation process with Armenia although they have long described their alliance as “one nation but two states.”“There is no more misunderstanding between Azerbaijan and Turkey,” Davutoğlu said. “We’ve been in consultation as a family,” stressing the country’s historical ties.Mammadyarov backed the Turkish minister. “I agree 100 percent with what [Davutoğlu] said. As two brothers, we have been openly discussing all matters,” he said.Turkey had closed its border with Armenia in solidarity with Azerbaijan after Nagorno-Karabakh, a region in Azerbaijan, was occupied in the early 1990s.According to Baku, Yerevan, which has long suffered from economic problems, might not agree to withdraw from Karabakh unless Ankara provides economic relief through cross-border trade and investments.Ankara, however, has said normalization between Armenia and Turkey would trigger a settlement on the Azerbaijan-Armenia issue.“We keep in touch thanks to face-to-face talks at international meetings and daily phone calls. We have never stopped consulting,” Davutoğlu said in highlighting the solidarity between the two allies.“We give full support for efforts to end occupation of Azerbaijani territory,” said Davutoğlu, adding that it was the only way to establish regional peace and stability.The Minsk Group, co-chaired by Russia, France and the United States, has so far failed to find a settlement by mediating the negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the last 17 years.In a call to the group, Davutoğlu said, “They should do their best in order not miss the peace opportunity that we’re nearing.”Joint projects and investments may emerge as the Turkish-Azerbaijani Joint Economic Committee will soon convene in Baku, Davutoğlu said.“We have once more confirmed that Turkey and Azerbaijan will work together on Eurasian energy projects,” he said.For his part, Mammadyarov described the talks as “productive” and said, “We have compromised on all problems.”Confirming that natural gas-related energy projects are promising new opportunities, Mammadyarov said: “We believe we share a promising future. We can cooperate on natural gas projects. We can work together on big projects like Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan.”Despite the assurances of his Turkish colleague, Mammadyarov expressed his worries about the Karabakh conflict: “The biggest threat and problem is our occupied lands of Karabakh. We believe that Turkey will play an active role to find a solution.”Visa exemption agreement postponedOfficials earlier announced that Davutoğlu and Mammadyarov would sign a visa exemption agreement. However, the two ministers postponed the signature ceremony because Azerbaijani diplomats said the bureaucratic procedures had not yet been completed.Hurriyet