Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov invited Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to pay an official visit to Azerbaijan at any time convenient for him.
"I take this opportunity to invite you with an official visit to Azerbaijan. I am sure that your visit at any time convenient for you will make a huge contribution to strengthening Russian-Azerbaijani relations," he said.
Mishustin thanked for the invitation.
Russia's role in the Karabakh situation
Asadov also said that Azerbaijan highly appreciates the role of the Russian Federation in resolving the situation around Karabakh and is committed to fulfilling obligations under the trilateral statement.
"The government of Azerbaijan highly appreciates the role played by the Russian Federation during the 44-day war. We highly appreciate and are fully committed to the fulfillment of those obligations noted in the November 9 statement signed by the presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and the Prime Minister of Armenia," the Azerbaijani Prime Minister said.
In particular, Asadov stressed that under the leadership and close contact of the vice prime ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, "the 9th point" of the trilateral statement of November 9 (on unblocking economic and transport ties in the region) is being successfully implemented. "Azerbaijan, for its part, is fully committed and will fulfill all those obligations it undertook in the statements of November 9 [2020] and January 11 [2021]," the Azerbaijani government head added.
The Azerbaijani Prime Minister is on a two-day official visit to Moscow. According to the press service of the Russian Cabinet of Ministers, joint documents on the development of cooperation between the two countries are expected to be signed following the talks between Mishustin and Asadov.
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