Trade and economic relations between Russia and Azerbaijan are strengthening.

According to APA's Moscow correspondent, this was stated in the information released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia regarding the business trip of Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov to Moscow.

It was noted that at the end of 2021, the trade turnover will be 3.4 billion US dollars (16.1 percent increase compared to 2020), Russian exports will be 2.3 billion US dollars (an increase of 12 percent), imports will be 1 billion US dollars ( the increase was 26.8 percent).

The volume of trade turnover for the months of January-October of this year exceeded 3 billion dollars, compared to the corresponding period of last year, the increase was 16%.

"The Action Plan for the development of the main directions of Russian-Azerbaijani cooperation until 2024, including six road maps (trade, transport infrastructure, high-tech industries, increasing the efficiency of the economy, tourism, cooperation in the field of innovative development and digital technologies) is being implemented consistently. .

On April 26 of this year, the 20th anniversary meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on economic cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan was held quite successfully in Baku.

Parliamentarians of Russia and Azerbaijan traditionally maintain reliable relations.

On September 26 of this year, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin visited Azerbaijan.

On November 22 of this year, the 18th meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Commission on cooperation between the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan was held in Baku.

The importance of Russian-Azerbaijani interregional cooperation is increasing.

About 80 subjects of the Russian Federation were involved in this work, 18 of them signed agreements on trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation with Azerbaijan.

Russian-Azerbaijani interregional forums make an important contribution to joint work in this field.

After the "pandemic" break in Baku on November 18 this year.

The 11th Russia-Azerbaijan Interregional Forum was successfully held.

Traditionally, humanitarian cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan is actively developed.

The Russian official highly appreciates Baku's careful attitude to the Russian language and culture.

We are ready to provide necessary assistance to our Azerbaijani friends in this matter, including improving the quality of Russian language teaching in the republic, training professors and teaching staff, and increasing quotas for the education of Azerbaijani students in Russian universities.

In the context of the implementation of the provisions of the Declaration on Alliance Cooperation, contacts between the youth of the two countries are consistently strengthened.

Youth forums were held at the initiative of Russia and Azerbaijan in the spring in the Gusar region of Azerbaijan, and in the fall in Nizhny Novgorod.

Currently, more than 11,000 Azerbaijani students are studying in Russia, of which more than 1,000 are funded by the federal budget.

More than 200 state scholarships are awarded to Azerbaijani citizens every year.

Since 2009, a branch of the Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov, and since 2015 a branch of the First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov has been successfully operating in Baku.

Russian diplomas are recognized in Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijani diplomas are recognized in Russia, thanks to the relevant contractual and legal basis.

There are about 340 Russian-language schools in the country, and Russian-language faculties are operating in Azerbaijan's higher educational institutions," said the Russian Foreign Ministry.