Expo marking 25th anniversary of Azerbaijan-Russia diplomatic ties opens in Baku

By Azernews

By Laman Ismayilova

An exhibition devoted to the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Azerbaijan has opened at the Russian Information and Cultural Center in Baku.

The demonstrated photos reflect the important events in the development of Russian-Azerbaijani ties, Trend Life reported.

Charge d'affaires of Russia in Azerbaijan Oleg Murashev and Head of the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo in Azerbaijan Valentin Denisov welcomed the guests of the event.

A similar exhibition was earlier opened in Moscow, where Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov took part.

Russia and Azerbaijan are linked by relations of strategic partnership based on equality, respect for each other's interests and good neighborliness. Currently, there are more than 80 interstate and intergovernmental agreements signed between two countries.

The trade and economic cooperation is successfully developing, while the Russian-Azerbaijani trade turnover amounted to over $1,954 billion at the end of 2016.

Today, about 600 enterprises and organizations operating in the majority of subjects of the Russian Federation are involved in foreign trade with Azerbaijan. A total of 17 of them have cooperation agreements with Azerbaijan.

The cultural relations between the two countries are highly evaluated. A Year of Azerbaijan was declared in 2005 in Russia, and 2006 was the Year of Russia in Azerbaijan. During these two years, the two countries held 110 special cultural events. Although Azerbaijan gained independence from USSR in 1990’s, learning and speaking Russian language remain welcome in the Azerbaijani society.