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28 October 2010 [14:23] - Today.Az
Russia is a strategic partner of modern Azerbaijan, but lack of Moscow's unambiguous support to Baku's interests in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict remain one of the issues hindering the development of partnership, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration's Social and Political Department Head Ali Hasanov said at the opening session of a roundtable meeting "Parliament's role in development of civil society".
"Russia, of course, can unambiguously support Azerbaijan in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, but still refuses to take this step," Hasanov said.
Hasanov said all co-chairing countries, including Russia, refused to vote for a resolution submitted by Azerbaijan during discussions in the UN, referring to neutrality. "We can not exert influence on Russia's policy, particularly in the Russian-Armenian relations. Russia's relations with whatever state should not affect relations between Moscow and Baku. Russia's friends or enemies are not considered by Azerbaijan as friends or enemies of our country," Hasanov said.
Hasanov is attending a roundtable meeting "Parliament's role in development of civil society", organized by the Institute of Eurasian Studies.
According to Hasanov, parliaments play a great role in forming a public opinion and legislative bodies should work over avoiding a negative opinion in the Russian and Azerbaijani societies about each other.
/Trend/
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