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Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 8
Trend:
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has said that the joint declaration signed between Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran on Aug. 8 reflects the work done by the parties, their intentions, positions and visions for the future.
The president made the remarks in his final speech at the summit in Baku Aug. 8.
President Aliyev said that meetings in bilateral format have been held in the last two days.
“I met with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani yesterday and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin today. Russian and Iranian presidents met today. That’s to say, these meetings have great meaning. In reality, the trilateral format is created on the basis of bilateral relations,” he said.
“I am glad that Azerbaijan’s relations with Russia and Iran, as well as Russia’s relations with Iran are at a very high level and the development of those relations makes it possible for us not only to talk, but also create the new cooperation format today,” said the president.
“The region where we live is very complicated and is full of risks and threats. Unfortunately, these risks are not decreasing, but increasing,” said President Aliyev. “In this case, the trilateral cooperation is the basic condition for the regional security.”
He pointed out that the trilateral cooperation between Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan is a stabilizing factor in the region.
“The North-South international transportation corridor project will ensure both the security and economic interests of our countries,” said President Aliyev.
“In many opening remarks, I noted that our sincere relations, good will are the basis of our cooperation. We show and prove that this is possible,” said the president.
“Sometimes, neighbors have problems and conflicts. Fortunately, our relations have been built only on the basis of friendship, mutual understanding and mutual respect,” he added.
“We support each other, believe and rely on each other. We show a very good cooperation format both to the region and to the world,” said the president.
He expressed confidence that the results of the summit will be very successful and all the tasks reflected in the summit’s declaration will be fulfilled.
Today’s meeting is a historic meeting, because it is based on history, as the peoples of the three countries have always been together throughout centuries, and at the same time, this meeting is the first-ever in the history, according to President Aliyev.
“I am confident that this meeting will have continuation and further cooperation between our countries will be intensified,” he added.