Markov: Azerbaijan-Russia co-op to reach new level

The declaration on allied interaction will raise the cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia to a new level, Russian political scientist, director of the Center for Political Studies Sergey Markov said, the Russian bureau of Report informs.

“At the end of February, an agreement was signed on allied interaction between Azerbaijan and Russia, which will raise cooperation between the countries to a new level. The presidents of our countries are friends. Diplomatic relations between the countries have turned 30 years, but the friendship between peoples has lasted for centuries,” Markov said.

According to the political scientist, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is one of the brilliant diplomats of the modern world, who demonstrates amazing interaction with a wide variety of countries representing opposite positions.

“President Ilham Aliyev is a great statesman who ensured huge victories for Azerbaijan and also made diplomatic success,” he added.

On February 22, Presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin signed a Declaration on Allied Cooperation. The Declaration contains more than 40 points on the widest range of interaction.