BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 19. Russia is grateful to Azerbaijan for its attention to the Russian language in the country, President Vladimir Putin said during talks in a limited format with President Ilham Aliyev, Trend reports
"Regarding humanitarian ties, we attach great importance to them and are grateful to you for the attention you have paid to the development of the Russian language. There are 300 schools with the Russian language, branches of our leading higher educational institutions operate in Azerbaijan. Thousands of young people from Azerbaijan study in leading universities of the Russian Federation, and we are ready to expand this interaction," he said.