Azerbaijan is our important strategic partner - Russian Foreign Ministry
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due to arrive in Baku on July 11 for a two-day working visit. According to a press release of the Russian Foreign Ministry, during the meetings in Baku, the parties will discuss current aspects of the bilateral agenda, and will exchange opinions on problems of the Nagorno Karabakh settlement in development of the agreements, reached at the recent summits in Vienna and in St. Petersburg. "Azerbaijan is our important strategic partner in the Transcaucasian and Caspian regions, and our relations with Baku are based on equality, respect for interests of each other and on good neighborhood," the foreign ministry said. “"Jointly with the Azerbaijani counterparts, we are preparing for the upcoming V Baku international humanitarian forum, which is organized under supervision of the two countries’ presidents." The forum is scheduled for September 29.
