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Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents meet in Sochi

09 August 2011 18:35 (UTC +04:00)

Greeting his Azerbaijani counterpart Dmitry Medvedev said, â€œIt is a good venue for discussing current state of bilateral relations, regional agenda and taking a look at bilateral affairs.â€
The Russian leader expressed his willingness to concentrate on development of bilateral dialogue between the two countries. According to him, the progress on the dialogue includes signing of `fundamental` agreements, increase in trade turnover and some huge projects.
On the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Medvedv said, â€œI would like to have quite a sincere talk with you on what to do further, how developments are going on, taking into consideration our last trilateral meeting held in Kazan and previous meetings in this format.â€
President Ilham Aliyev thanked the Russian leader for his invitation to visit Sochi.
â€œAgreements you mentioned are the climax of what has been done in recent years and reflect the form, spirit and nature of our friendly, neighborly and partnership relations,â€ the Head of State said.
President Aliyev pointed out economic, political and humanitarian cooperation between the two nations is gaining a momentum.
â€œWe are the neighbors, two Caspian nations, two Caucasian countries, and, of course, developments in the region in many respects hang on our interaction as well,â€ he said.
The President thanked his Russian counterpart`s efforts to solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. â€œWe, in Azerbaijan, highly appreciate your personal involvement in this process. These rounds of negotiations held in a trilateral format, of course, brought positions of the sides very much closer,â€ Azerbaijani leader said.
According to the President, it is a major problem of regional security and Azerbaijan is interested in the soonest resolution of the conflict so that displaced persons could return home and peace could be established in the region.