ILHAM ALIYEV AND VLADIMIR PUTIN DISCUSSED MILITARY-TECHNICAL COOPERATION
MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 17. ARMINFO-TURAN. Working visit of Azeri President
Ilham Aliyev to Russia has concluded. It was devoted to opening of
the Year of Azerbaijan in Russia. Aliyev has held talks with Russian
President Vladimir Putin to discuss development of trade-economic
cooperation, measures to prevent international terrorism, perspectives
of the Karabakh conflict settlement and expanding of humanitarian
and cultural ties.
Russian president press office reports that "presidents have discussed
possibilities of military-technical cooperation between Russia and
Azerbaijan."
The agreement on military-technical cooperation between Azerbaijan
and Russia was signed in Baku in February 2003 during an official
visit of Russian Defence Minister Sergey Ivanov to Azerbaijan.
During his official visit to Russia Ilham Aliyev has held an unplanned
meeting with Defence Minister to discuss military-technical issues.
Unofficial sources report that the Russian side is going to sell its
weapons to Azerbaijan.
The Karabakh conflict was another subject of negotiations. Russia, as
another OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen, offers parties to the conflict
to find agreement themselves and mediators could act as guarantors
of the agreement. At the ceremony of opening of Year of Azerbaijan
Putin said "Russia is going to assist to find a worthy settlement of
the Karabakh conflict and safeguard security in this region."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 17. ARMINFO-TURAN. Working visit of Azeri President
Ilham Aliyev to Russia has concluded. It was devoted to opening of
the Year of Azerbaijan in Russia. Aliyev has held talks with Russian
President Vladimir Putin to discuss development of trade-economic
cooperation, measures to prevent international terrorism, perspectives
of the Karabakh conflict settlement and expanding of humanitarian
and cultural ties.
Russian president press office reports that "presidents have discussed
possibilities of military-technical cooperation between Russia and
Azerbaijan."
The agreement on military-technical cooperation between Azerbaijan
and Russia was signed in Baku in February 2003 during an official
visit of Russian Defence Minister Sergey Ivanov to Azerbaijan.
During his official visit to Russia Ilham Aliyev has held an unplanned
meeting with Defence Minister to discuss military-technical issues.
Unofficial sources report that the Russian side is going to sell its
weapons to Azerbaijan.
The Karabakh conflict was another subject of negotiations. Russia, as
another OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen, offers parties to the conflict
to find agreement themselves and mediators could act as guarantors
of the agreement. At the ceremony of opening of Year of Azerbaijan
Putin said "Russia is going to assist to find a worthy settlement of
the Karabakh conflict and safeguard security in this region."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress