President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ashgabat.

Expressing satisfaction with the meeting with President Ilham Aliyev within the Caspian Summit, President

Vladimir Putin

recalled the President's visit to Russia and stressed the importance of celebrating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries.

Noting that our relations have expanded and the current level is very good, the Russian leader stressed that all the agreed issues have been implemented.

President Vladimir Putin noted that trade turnover is growing.

This increase was more than 16 percent last year and 5.5 percent in the first three months of this year.

Thus, there is a confident increase in trade turnover.

Touching upon our political relations, President Vladimir Putin recalled the visit of the Russian Foreign Minister to Baku, noting that the visits of the Russian Prime Minister and the Chairman of the State Duma to Baku are also planned.

The Russian leader said that the most important thing is the implementation of the joint Russian-Azerbaijani cooperation plan until 2024.

Thus, there is development in all areas.

President Vladimir Putin noted that regional security, including the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, was discussed with the Azerbaijani leader, and this meeting provides an opportunity to consider this issue.

Recalling the views expressed by President Ilham Aliyev during the informal meeting during the lunch, the Russian President said that the Summit was businesslike and interesting proposals for the development of regional cooperation were put forward.

Noting that the meeting with the head of state was useful, President Vladimir Putin noted that the discussions would give additional impetus to the development of our bilateral relations.

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Expressing gratitude for the kind words,

President Ilham Aliyev

expressed satisfaction with the meeting with the Russian President and said that the meetings with President Vladimir Putin have always been very important for our relations.

The President expressed confidence that this meeting would also contribute to the development of friendly and good-neighborly relations between our countries.

The President of Azerbaijan expressed satisfaction with the increase in trade turnover between our countries, as well as the expansion of our cooperation in the fields of industrial cooperation, transport and energy.

The head of state said the meeting also provided good opportunities to discuss regional issues.

President Ilham Aliyev stressed the importance of the recent visit of the Russian Foreign Minister to Azerbaijan for the development of our relations and expressed confidence that our bilateral relations would continue to develop successfully for the sake of our countries and peoples.

Prospects of bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest were discussed at the meeting.

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President Ilham Aliyev's visit to Turkmenistan has ended.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ashgabat.

APA reports that the President's press service reported this.