Russian President Begins State Visit to Azerbaijan To Strengthen Diplomatic Ties
President Putin’s informal meeting with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (R) and his wife, First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva. Photo: kremlin.ru
August 18, 2024 Hour: 3:32 pm
The plane of Russian President Vladimir Putin landed today in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, where he is traveling on a two-day state visit to discuss with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, the development of bilateral relations and regional and international issues.
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This is his first trip to the neighbouring country since September 2018 and his eighth as president.
It is expected that the meeting with the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will focus on the current state of and prospects for the further development of bilateral relations, as well as pressing issues on the international and regional agenda.
Russian leader was welcomed by Azerbaijani First Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, and the welcoming delegation also included Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Samir Sharifov and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu.
Key official and working event are scheduled for Monday, August 19.
Russian news agency says Putin will visit the Alley of Honor and lay a wreath to the grave of Azerbaijan’s national leader Heydar Aliyev. After that, he will visit the Alley of Martyrs and venerate the memory of those who died for Azerbaijan’s independence.
The state visit will begin with the ceremony of the Russian president’s official meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev. The ceremony will be held in the latter’s Zagulba residence on the Caspian coast.
It is also expected that after a tete-a-tete talk they will yield a joint statement by the leaders, and a number of interstate documents. Following the talks, Putin and Aliyev will brief journalists on their results.
Fuente: TASS // RT // EFE