BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 19. President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva pay great attention to the development of Baku city, President Vladimir Putin said during talks in a limited format with President Ilham Aliyev, Trend reports.
"First of all, thank you for the invitation. This visit was agreed between you and I long ago, and I am very happy to be visiting Baku and once again admire this city, the development of which you and, I know this firsthand, your wife have been paying great attention to. It is quite visible. The city is developing, it is developing successfully, turning into, I would say, an oasis in the region, of course," he said.