POLITICS
RUSSIAN MFA: ILHAM ALIYEV’S APPOINTMENT PROMOTES STRENGTHENING OF STATEHOOD
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of Press and Information, Moscow is confident that decision of the Azerbaijan Parliament to appoint Ilham Aliyev as the Prime Minister will promote statehood of the country, AzerTAj correspondent reports referring the RIA “Novosti” Agency. Russian Foreign Ministry also considers that this appointment will facilitate “implementation of large-scale reforms in the interests of peaceful development, welfare and prosperity of the Azerbaijani nation”.
“A letter of congratulation, sent from the Prime Minister of Russian Federation Michael Kasyanov on this occasion to Ilham Aliyev, emphasizes the accumulated potential for strategic cooperation between our countries will develop in the name of strengthening of the friendship of both nations”- Foreign Ministry concluded.