BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 25. Heydar Aliyev and you, Vladimir Vladimirovich, laid the foundations for the current level of relations between Russia and Azerbaijan, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said at the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Trend reports.
"It was after your visit to Azerbaijan in 2001 that our relations reached a qualitatively new level. Today, we already characterize these relations as allied, not only de facto, but also de jure. As you noted, at the beginning of the last year, we signed the Declaration on Allied Interaction, which we are implementing. It is the most important political document that reflects the spirit and nature of our relations and the aspiration of our countries for even closer interaction," President Ilham Aliyev said.