FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES SATISFACTION WITH MOSCOW TALKS
The relations with Russian Federation, according to him, are one of the priority directions of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy, and can be marked at the moment as a strategic partnership of the two independent states.
The Minister noted the talks were focused on the set of political and economic issues including fight against terror, narcotics traffic and illegal migration, as well as a number of international problems.
The parties also dwelled on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Azerbaijan’s stance on the conflict was accepted to a large extent by the Russian side, Minister Mammadyarov stated. He stressed that the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict should be solved on the principles of the international law including that of territorial integrity of states. Minister Lavrov’s “Russia stands for urgent resolution of the conflict” shows that the position of Azerbaijan demanding withdrawal of the Armenian forces from the occupied territories and return of refugees to their native lands becomes more and more acceptable for Russia.
Touching on the economic issues, the Azerbaijan Foreign Minister advised as well that very interesting debates had been held over several economic issues. In context of the instructions of both Presidents and the documents signed between the two countries, the Ministers supported increase in commodity turnover, development of trade and economic links, and “North-South“ transport corridor
On the same day, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamadyarov met with the Russian State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov to discuss prospects of the Azerbaijan-Russia relationship development and the two countries interparliamentary links.
He also gave a talk on the “Exo Moskvy” radio and answered a number of questions concerning prospect of the Russia-Azerbaijan cooperation.
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