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MOSCOW – Head of social-political department at Azerbaijan’s Presidential Administration Ali Hasanov is in Russia to meet the country’s officials.

At the Russian Presidential Administration, Hasanov met with the head of department of the Russian President for Interregional and Cultural Relations Sergey Vinokurov, who said "meetings in this format have already become traditional."

"I am very pleased that we’ve built close cooperation at the level of our administrations and within the framework of our competence assigned by our leaderships," he stressed. "This interaction refers to humanitarian cooperation, issues of education, culture, social and public activities, cooperation through civil society."

Vinokurov also pointed out that in early September, Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting, which, he said gave an impetus to developing bilateral relations.

"Under the orders of the two presidents, we will continue to step up our activity, we will communicate, we are confident that we will contribute to developing strategic relations between our countries," said the Russian Presidential Administration’s official.

Hasanov thanked Vinokurov for "the warm welcome and conditions allowing to discuss topical issues on the agenda".

"I consider it important to discuss socio-political, informational, cultural and other relations between our countries within the framework of powers provided by the heads of our states."

Hasanov will also meet other top Russian officials, including Presidential Administration chief Sergey Naryshkin.