OFFICIAL NEWS
PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV MEETS WITH MOSCOW MAYOR YURI LUZHKOV
Welcoming the Azerbaijani leader, Mr. Luzhkov said:
I am very pleased that you have found time to meet with us, Muscovites. We have a profound respect for you personally, and the memory of your father Heydar Aliyevich with whom we had closely interacted. And I think that today’s stage of our cooperation, our relationship, can be characterized as normal.
Of course, your visit and today’s meeting will promote intensification of this interaction in various fields. Growth in trade [between Baku and Moscow] and other indicators is quite high and even exceeds the trade between Azerbaijan and Russia. I think we are able to use all contemporary possibilities to expand the cooperation between Baku and Moscow to make it powerful, civilized and in keeping with the high level of relationship between Russia and Azerbaijan.
President Ilham Aliyev signed the Book of honorary guests of the Mayor’s Office.