Azerbaijan, Baku, April 5 / Trend V.Zhavoronkova /
The visit of the head of the Russian Federation Council will positively affect relations between the two countries, Russia's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vladimir Dorokhin told reporters on Thursday.
"Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan have different elements, among them culture, economy and parliamentary cooperation. In parliamentary cooperation they have their own mechanisms for cooperation, commissions. Parliamentarians are also looking for a possibility to contribute to the development of relations between Russia and Azerbaijan," he said.
He noted that representatives of the two countries meet in different formats, and one of these formats is a visit of chairman of Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matviyenko.
"The fact that Chairman of the Russian Council of Federation Valentina Matviyenko pays her first foreign visit to Azerbaijan will be properly understood and appreciated here. This visit will positively affect relations between the two countries," the Russian diplomat said.
Head of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan on April 8-9, the Azerbaijani Parliament told Trend.
Matvienko plans to meet with the leadership of the country and the Parliament.
She also plans to visit the Baku Slavic University.