MOSCOW, Russia, October 7. Azerbaijan is currently formulating a global agenda, the general director of the Caspian Institute for Strategic Studies (Russia) Igor Korotchenko told Trend in Moscow.
“Azerbaijan today, under the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev, is formulating the global international agenda. The upcoming COP29 conference is also an indicator of Azerbaijan's authority. What he says, does, and most importantly, realizes, words do not disagree with deeds. It meets a great response from a significant part of the modern world,” he said.
Korotchenko noted that although Azerbaijan is a relatively small country, thanks to the victory in the Second Karabakh War, the restoration of sovereignty and territorial integrity in the course of anti-terrorist measures in 2023, and the realization of large-scale global energy projects, Azerbaijan today is among those states of the modern world that determine global trends and international agendas.
“We certainly welcome the visit of a great friend of Russia, an outstanding state and political figure of our time, President Ilham Aliyev to Russia, and we are absolutely sure that the summit and negotiations in multilateral and bilateral format will be successful,” he said.
He noted that Russia and Azerbaijan are the countries that cannot be pressured and manipulated.
“We are self-sufficient. The presidents of the two countries put the defense of national interests at the center of their activities. If we look at the CIS format, we see today that regional unions are being strengthened all over the world. The things that bound us in the past and bind us today are human ties, the economy, and most importantly, understanding how and where we can help and strengthen each other,” he said.
In this respect, Korotchenko believes that the upcoming CIS summit will be successful.
“Azerbaijan, as always, will make its contribution not just positive but one of the decisive contributions,” he said.