Maria Zakharova.
Baku/22.02.23/Turan: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Azerbaijan on February 27-28, where he will meet with President of the Republic Ilham Aliyev, and will also have talks with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova told at the briefing on Wednesday.
The trip is timed to coincide with the anniversary of the signing of a declaration on allied cooperation between Moscow and Baku. "A meeting with President Ilham Aliyev she will have negotiations with Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.
During the dialogue in Baku, it is planned to consider the whole range of issues of bilateral relations, topical regional and international problems, special attention will be paid to the implementation of the trilateral agreements of the leaders of the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Armenia dated November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021, also October 31 2022," TASS quoted Zakharova.
During the visit, Lavrov will also take part in the meeting of the Azerbaijan-Russian Expert Council. ---0---
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