Russian ex-president starts four-day visit to Azerbaijan
Trend news agency
7 Apr 05
Baku, 7 April: The former president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, arrived
in Baku on 7 April at the invitation of Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev, Trend news agency reports.
The first Russian president said that he intends to visit districts of
Azerbaijan. “I last visited Azerbaijan a long time ago. [Azerbaijani
ex-President] Heydar Aliyev once invited me, and Ilham Aliyev has
invited me now. I have been nowhere else except for Baku and I need
to see the country,” Yeltsin told journalists at the airport.
He said that during his four-day stay in Azerbaijan he will meet
Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister Artur Rasizada, go on a walkabout in and
around Baku and talk to people. Yeltsin will also visit Quba District
of Azerbaijan [north of the country].
Touching on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, Yeltsin said: “I believe
that Russia’s stance is well-known and there is nothing new about it.”
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