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Ilham Aliyev Receives Governor of Sverdlovsk Region of Russian Federation
Baku / 09/11/19 / Turan: On Wednesday, President Ilham Aliyev received the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region of Russia, Yevgeny Kuyvashev, and members of his delegation.
During the meeting, issues of developing bilateral economic ties between Azerbaijan and the Sverdlovsk region were discussed. -02D-
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