Azerbaijan , Baku, April 11 / Trend /
Relations between Azerbaijan and Russia are developing very rapidly, consistently and efficiently, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview with Rossiya-24 News TV channel of the All- Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company .
"There is a very high level of political contacts at the level of heads of states. Mutual visits are made on a regular basis . We are in constant contact and make decisions that give a real output. Both sides rightly characterize our relations as a relationship of strategic partners. We are neighbors. We have always lived on good neighborhood and friendship principles. We live together for centuries, and it is very important that during the formation of Azerbaijan as an independent state, these positive tendencies have been preserved and increased," Aliyev said.
Relations in the economic sphere are intensifying, he said. "During the crisis period, our trade turnover slightly dropped, but now we compensate and improve the structure of trade turnover. Russia is of great interest for us as the market for our goods, as well as in terms of commercial relations. Russia is also our main partner for imports, that is, Azerbaijan's major imports account for Russia," the President said.
President Aliyev said there are also very good results in the humanitarian sphere. "This year we will hold the First International Humanitarian Forum in Baku upon the Russian and Azerbaijani presidents' initiative. Last year the Russian-Azerbaijani Humanitarian Forum was held, when the elite of the Russian intellectual society gathered in Baku, and it yielded good results," the Azerbaijani President said.
According to Aliyev, there is a very positive dynamics in all directions: now the two countries cooperate in energy sphere, military-technical cooperation is developing successfully - this is the reality of the past few years. "That is, we are keen to further boost our relations," President Aliyev stressed.
Azerbaijan President highlighted the document on the delimitation of border among the important documents signed in the recent past. "It is one of the most important documents for each country to define its borders with its neighbors, and these borders were determined based on mutual interests, fairly. This agreement will further strengthen bilateral relations between our countries and our peoples," he underscored.
"There are no issues requiring urgent solution in our bilateral relations. All that needed to be solved - I mean the problematic issues - have been resolved. In the future we just have to grow a positive potential for cooperation," Aliyev said.