Russia welcomes Azerbaijan’s election to U.N. council
Russia welcomes Azerbaijan's gaining a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich was quoted by Channel 24 as saying.
"Baku will receive dividends," he told a weekly news briefing. "They are linked to the priorities of the Azerbaijani leadership. As far as I know, our Azerbaijani colleagues are very interested in conducting the targeted consultations through the foreign ministries of our countries."
Azerbaijan was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2012-2013, gaining 155 votes from the UN member countries.
Before the last round of voting, Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar announced the withdrawal of his country's candidature for non-permanent membership in the UN SC. In the round prior to this statement, Azerbaijan gained 116 votes, and Slovenia - only 77.
Overall, Azerbaijan gained more votes than Slovenia in the previous six voting rounds, but was unable to collect 129 votes necessary for the election.
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