“Regional security” is the main focus of the meeting between Putin and Aliyev

according to the report of the International Group Tasnim News Agency, one of the main themes of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev was related to regional security. .

The President of Russia said: We will review the situation from the point of view of securing the region. There are many questions here and they are very sensitive issues.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev also said: Russia is the main country in terms of regional security in the Caucasus and wider geography. Many issues depend on cooperation and mutual activity between our countries. We are trying to strengthen confidence-building measures, cooperation, mutual understanding and solving all issues in line with mutual activity and mutual benefits.

“Kommersant” magazine wrote in this regard: the two presidents after Re-elected as head of state in 2024, they had their first face-to-face contact. The change in the situation in the South Caucasus dictates the need to quickly start personal contacts between the leaders of the two countries after the beginning of a new political phase in Russia and Azerbaijan. It seems that there are several alternative scenarios for the development and security of the region with the participation of competing actors (Russia on one side and the West on the other). The two leaders of Azerbaijan and Russia are looking for a common response to the foreign threat. The main concern of both countries is the increase of foreign threats in the region.

Aidin Hosseinov, a member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, told the news agency “Yeni Equanim” that the issues raised in Ilham Aliyev’s meeting with Vladimir Putin show From the development of relations between countries based on the political will of two presidents. Mutual relations between Azerbaijan and Russia are multifaceted, and at the same time, political relations have an important place in these relations. Regional security issues are especially related to the field of political relations. The fact that Azerbaijan and Russia have been part of a single union for many years has formed a unique feature of the relations between our countries. It contains many important components. Our relations have developed further in the years of independence. As you know, diplomatic relations between independent Azerbaijan and Russia were established on April 4, 1992. On September 25, 1992, the Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan started working. Although the relations were not at a favorable level at first and did not fully satisfy the interests of both countries, after the return of the national leader Heydar Aliyev to political power in Azerbaijan, the relations between our countries developed at the highest level. The main document forming the legal basis of bilateral relations is the “Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Security” signed between Russia and Azerbaijan on July 3, 1997.

It shows at the level of strategic participation. After Ilham Aliyev came to power in 2003, friendship and cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan took a deeper line. President Ilham Aliyev emphasizes the expansion of bilateral relations with Russia as an important factor.

This member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan emphasized: regional security issues are always raised in relations between Azerbaijan and Russia. These relations are of great importance for the benefit of the entire region in ensuring stability in the region and preventing inappropriate and potentially dangerous interventions by powers that do not belong to the region.

Russia is a key country for regional security. It is in the Caucasus and wider geography. Azerbaijan takes this factor into account. This issue depends a lot on cooperation and mutual activity between our countries.

Azerbaijan is trying to strengthen trust-building measures, cooperation, mutual understanding and all issues in line with mutual activity. and resolve mutual interests. There are successes in this direction.

On February 22, 2022, in Moscow, the presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia signed a declaration on the union between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation based on the traditions of historical friendship and good neighborliness. and the quality of our intergovernmental relations has been raised to a new level of unity. Our relations are now based on this declaration. The development of political relations at the highest level has a positive effect on the development of economic relations.

Moussi Ghasemli, another member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, said: Putin and Aliyev’s meeting with the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Baikal-Amur highway, which is for Russia And it is no coincidence that the countries of the former Soviet Union have great strategic importance. Since the late 20s of the 20th century, no matter how hard the Soviet government tried to build the Baikal-Amur highway, even with the use of prisoners, despite the fact that tens of thousands of people died on the way, it did not work. This work was completed under the leadership of Heydar Aliyev, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union and the first deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.

Moussi Ghasemli believes: commercial and economic cooperation, which is the basis Material relations between the countries of Azerbaijan and Russia are increasing. As it is known, in international relations, many countries can sign documents and make statements, but if the material foundations of relations are not strong, it is very likely to be broken in times of crisis. Also, regional security issues have a special place in the relations between Azerbaijan and Russia. Without going into details, we must say that the main factors hindering the development of relations between the two countries, including helping the occupiers of Karabagh and the presence of Russian forces in our territory, have been removed. The views expressed by President Aliyev indicate the level of our cooperation and the growing role of Azerbaijan in regional and global politics. Among the important words of Aliyev was that “regional security issues are always on the agenda of our meeting and Russia is a key country for regional security in the Caucasus and wider geography”.

These views of the president Azerbaijan confirms that one of the main issues raised in the meeting with Vladimir Putin was the issue of regional security.

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