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Russia’s President Arrived in Baku
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in Baku on official visit to meet Azerbaijan’s counterpart Ilham Aliev, Interfax reported July 3.
The leaders of two countries will first have the tête-à-tête conversation, while the members of delegations will join them later on. The parties are expected to ink a number of documents by results of negotiations, including the Declaration on Friendship and Strategic Partnership that will spell out the guidelines for bilateral cooperation of the parties in future.
Cooperation of Moscow and Baku in the energy field is said to be one of the highlights of the meeting. The matter at stake could be development of new routes for the energy supplies.
In Baku, Russia’s president will lay the wreath to the tomb of Azerbaijan’s first president Geidar Aliev and meet with the representatives of the religion confessions of Azerbaijan.
The first visit of Dmitry Medvedev to Baku is aimed at manifesting the strategic nature of Russia’s-Azeri relations, said Sergei Prikhodko, who is the RF president’s assistant.
Baku is the first destination point of the seven-day tour of Russia’s president, who will also visit Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Japan, where he will attend the G8 summit.
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