Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin met today in Tehran.

Axar.az reports that "we give a new impetus to the development of relations, we are very glad that in the economic sphere the trade turnover is growing. This shows great mutual interest of the business structures of the two countries. Our relations with Russia are of a strategic nature. We cooperate in all areas: in the humanitarian, economic, energy, transport, and military-technical areas. Therefore, these are comprehensive relations of friends, neighbors and close partners," the Azerbaijani president said.

He also noted with satisfaction that the forthcoming tripartite summit is a very important event on a global scale.