“Give the best wishes to the President of Azerbaijan. I hope we will have the pleasure of meeting him on December 20 in St. Petersburg, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Putin noted the special role attached to the Russian language and culture in Azerbaijan, and thanked the country's authorities for strengthening humanitarian ties between the countries.
“We appreciate this very much because it is the basis that allows us to develop relations in all other areas, including the economy and humanitarian ties in the broad sense of the word ... for our part, we will do everything to support the trend towards our common commons, ”the Russian leader emphasized.
The vice president of Azerbaijan, in turn, promised to pay even more attention to this issue.
“I also want to convey the invitation of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan to visit our country at a time convenient for you,” she added.
Earlier it was reported that trade between Azerbaijan and Russia in 2019 could reach $ 3 billion.