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Azerbaijani president receives delegation headed by governor of Russia's Astrakhan Oblast

Politics Materials 27 November 2013 16:53 (UTC +04:00)
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received a Russian delegation led by Governor of the Astrakhan Oblast, Alexander Zhilkin.
Azerbaijani president receives delegation headed by governor of Russia's Astrakhan Oblast

Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 27

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received a Russian delegation led by Governor of the Astrakhan Oblast, Alexander Zhilkin.

The Astrakhan governor congratulated Ilham Aliyev on his re-election as president of Azerbaijan.

Zhilkin noted he has eye-witnessed rapid development processes in Azerbaijan in recent years.

Touching upon the cooperation between Azerbaijan and the Astrakhan Oblast, Zhilkin said the trade had grown four times in recent years, and expressed hope it will further increase.

Ilham Aliyev in turn underlined bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Russia, as well as Azerbaijan`s cooperation with subjects (republics, regions, autonomous regions, districts, etc) of the Russian Federation.

President Aliyev hailed Alexander Zhilkin`s contribution to strengthening these bonds, and stressed the importance of reciprocal visits in terms of expansion of friendly relations between Azerbaijan and the Astrakhan Oblast.

Touching upon the joint projects, the president described the "Astrakhan-Baku" park, which will be inaugurated in Baku, as a strong signal of friendship.

President Aliyev said that Alexander Zhilkin was awarded with Azerbaijan`s "Friendship" (Dostlug) Order for his special contributions to development of economic and cultural relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation, and presented the order to the Astrakhan governor.

Alexander Zhilkin expressed gratitude to the Azerbaijani president for the award.

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