Azerbaijan Intends to Increase Cooperation Between Moscow, Baku – President

Sputnik News Service
 Sunday 8:28 PM UTC
Azerbaijan Intends to Increase Cooperation Between Moscow, Baku - President
BAKU, November 19 (Sputnik) - Azerbaijan will develop the potential of
bilateral cooperation with Russia in the future, Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev said Sunday during the meeting with Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov.
"[Regular top-level meetings] show that our relations are on a high
level. We have been viewing these relations as relations between
strategic partners for a long time, and are convinced that we will
increase the potential of the cooperation in the future," Aliyev said.
Commenting on the agenda of the talks with Lavrov, the president said
that they will focus on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution.
"Azerbaijan is especially interested in the quickest settlement of
this issue," the president said during the meeting.
On Monday, Lavrov will head to Armenia, where he is expected to meet
with country's leader Serzh Sargsyan and Armenian counterpart Edward
Nalbandian. He will also discuss Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during the
meetings.