(AGENPARL) - Roma, 25 Maggio 2023(AGENPARL) – KREMLIN gio 25 maggio 2023
Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met in the Kremlin.
Earlier,
Ilham Aliyev attended an expanded meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic
Council.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: President Aliyev, colleagues.
First of all, I would like to welcome you all once again and thank the President of Azerbaijan for his decision to join our work today within the EAEU. As I have
already said, formally he attended as a guest, but, indeed, Mr Aliyev is right,
it is a very conventional title, because Azerbaijan and all EAEU member
countries boast serious and profound relations. Trade and economic relations
are developing steadily, for the benefit of all our peoples. I would like this
to continue, especially since there is great potential for regional
cooperation.
In general,
Russian-Azerbaijani relations, if we talk about bilateral relations, are at a high level, also developing steadily, based on equality and consideration for each other’s interests and in accordance with the Declaration on Allied Interaction
signed in February 2022. We are all very happy about that.
This year marks
the 100th birthday of the late Heydar Aliyev. You know our attitude
towards this political leader both in the Soviet Union and in independent
Azerbaijan. He was an outstanding politician and a uniting figure in the history of our countries. It is also well known – we celebrated his birthday in Russia in a worthy manner. We had dedicated exhibitions in both the State Duma
and the Federation Council, and showed documentaries on television. Many events
were held in the regions of the Russian Federation, not only in the capital,
but also in Kazan, Astrakhan, Dagestan, on the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM),
where Heydar Aliyev is highly respected and remembered, including the ceremonial
trip of the Moscow-Tynda train and events at Angoya station, where the station building
bears the name of Heydar Aliyev, who supervised the construction of the BAM as the First Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers. This prominent project
for the whole Soviet Union is associated with Aliyev’s name.
This is
what I would like to say for starters, and we will speak on other matters after
the press has left.
Please.
To be continued.
Fonte/Source: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/71205
