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President Aliyev to meet with Putin in Sochi today

21 July 2017 17:00 (UTC+04:00)
President Aliyev to meet with Putin in Sochi today

By Amina Nazarli

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will meet with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev in Sochi, RIA Novosti agency reports.

The meeting between the two leaders is scheduled for July 21, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Peskov said that Putin will spend the day in Sochi, where he will visit the educational center “Sirius”, get acquainted with its activity, hold a meeting of the center’s Board of Trustees and have a conversation with children.

The relations between the two neighboring countries more developed in recent years and have reached the strategic partnership level, which are based on old traditions of friendship and good neighborliness, as well as equality, respect for each other's interests, and common history and culture.

Russia is one of the main trade partners of Azerbaijan, ranking second in commodity turnover, the first - in the import of products and the eighth - in exports. About 31 percent of Azerbaijan's non-oil exports fall on Russia, which is the first among Azerbaijan's trade partners in this indicator.

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