POLITICS
RF MFA: “RUSSIAN-AZERBAIJANI RELATIONS HAVE REACHED STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP LEVEL”
“The sides exchange views on various aspects of bilateral cooperation, discuss measures on promotion of political interaction, increase in volumes and improvement of quality of trade and economic ties”, he has emphasized.
Touching on the question on opening Year of the Russian Federation in the Azerbaijan Republic, the representative the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has informed, that the arrangement on exchange of national years has been reached in February 2004 and fixed in the Moscow Declaration of the Russian Federation and the Azerbaijan Republic from February 6, 2004. As he said, in the past to years, Year of Azerbaijan has successfully passed in Russia. Carrying out of the Year of Russia is called to promote consolidation of mutual relations, deepening of political contacts, expansion of bilateral connections in the field of economy, science, education and culture. He has noted, that the plan of carrying out of Year of Russia provides various actions directed on preservation of the common cultural heritage of the people of the two countries, development of contacts between citizens of Russia and Azerbaijan, interaction of public organizations, formation of the common educational, cultural and information space.
Making comments on the question on how trade and economic relations between Russia and Azerbaijan develop, Mikhail Kamynin has declared, that in expired to years commodity circulation between Russia and Azerbaijan has grown more than for 40 percent and almost has closely come nearer to 1 billion dollars. Cooperation in fuel and energy complex, in the field of transport, the industry and agriculture develops. A powerful contribution has been made to bilateral economic interaction by the regions of Russia maintaining active economic connections with Azerbaijan. The agenda includes questions of closer cooperation of managing subjects of two countries, studies of joint projects in various spheres, expansions of contract-legal base for economic cooperation.
As the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation informed in the statement of Department of the information and press, during bilateral dialogue discussed are expected the Caspian problem, including in the wide plan of safety of the Caspian Sea, and also some other questions of development regional and international situation.
Certainly, in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation also is marked, that during meetings the situation around of settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem will be discussed. It is emphasized, that “its delay disturbs all the Caucasian countries, including Russia which will continue to promote search of settlement of the Karabakh problem actively. The position of Russia on Karabakh remains unchanged. We recognize that the main responsibility for final choice of the formula of settlement lays on Azerbaijanis and Armenians. Russia would be ready to support that variant of solution of the problem which will satisfy the sides, involved in the conflict, and in case of achievement of the compromise arrangement - will act as the guarantor of settlement”.