POLITICS
MOSCOW MAYOR YURI LUZHKOV VISITS BAKU
At the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the first vice-premier of Azerbaijan Abbas Abbasov, minister of culture Polad Bulbuloglu, Mayor of Baku Hajibala Abutalibov, welcomed the esteemed guest.
Mr. Luzhkov was interviewed at the Baku airport. He, in particular, said:
“We have increasing goods turnover. We want to solve the problems connected to our decisions on development of trade and construction of industrial objects. I am confident we can work in all directions. In my opinion, this visit will be continuation of the common Council set up by the Moscow Government and the Government of Azerbaijan. The Council is functioning and we adopt many decisions to develop our relations. These relations also cover the culture and education. I think we shall have talks on arranging mutual days of culture in Moscow and Azerbaijan. These are the major topics of the visit”, he stressed.