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Elnur Aslanov: â€œAzerbaijan-Russia relations will reach a new level as a result of Dmitriy Medvedevâ€™s visitâ€

03 July 2008 10:19 (UTC +04:00)

In fact, tendencies of thaw in the relations have been noticeable since 2000â€, said Elnur Aslanov, Chief of the Department of Political Analysis and Information Maintenance of the Presidentâ€™s Office in his interview with APA. He said the main factors impacted on the relations were the historical ties between Azerbaijan and Russia. â€œAt the same time, the mutual relations base on the cultural aspects too and create opportunities for the relations between the two peoples to be warmer. Amother factor is that numerous Azerbaijanis are living and working in Russia todayâ€. Elnur Aslanov said the trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Russia had been increased in recent years and reached one billion and 500 million USD. Russia takes the second place after Turkey in the Azerbaijanâ€™s foreign trade. â€œIt cannot be forgotten that Russia is the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair country and contributes to the solution to the Nagorno Karabakh problem. A strategic partnership has been established between Azerbaijan and Russia in recent years. We believe that the visit will create opportunity for the more intensive development of the relations between the two countriesâ€. Elnur Aslanov said he believed that the Azerbaijan-Russia relations would reach a new level as a result of the visit.