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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Monday received a delegation led by the Governor of the Volgograd region of Russia Sergey Bozhenov.

President Aliyev expressed his satisfaction with the successful development of relations between Azerbaijan and Russia, the role of subjects of the Russian Federation, including the Volgograd region, in the development of relations between the two countries.

The President expressed confidence that the visit of Bozhenov to Azerbaijan will give an impetus to the relations between Azerbaijan and Volgograd region.

Recalling the time when he was the mayor of Astrakhan, Bozhenov thanked President Aliyev for contribution to the development of this city. Regarding the construction of schools, a park, a monument to Azerbaijani national leader Heydar Aliyev and a bridge in Astrakhan as an example of close ties between Azerbaijan and Russia, the governor said that for many years these projects will strengthen cooperation and friendship.

Bozhenov said that the residents of Volgograd still remember the visit of Heydar Aliyev to Volgograd. He stressed that they also remember two-time Hero of the Soviet Union, General Hazi Aslanov and Hero of the Soviet Union Khidir Mustafayev, who have showed heroism fighting in Volgograd (then Stalingrad) against fascism.