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On December 10, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Igor Babushkin, the governor of the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation.

Axar.az reports that the head of state touched on the importance of the visit of the delegation led by the governor of the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation to Gubadli district, where he emphasized the importance of the construction of a kindergarten as a gift from the Astrakhan region, and expressed his gratitude for that. President Ilham Aliyev evaluated this as a good indicator of friendly relations between Azerbaijan and Russia, including successful cooperation between our country and the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation.

During his visit to our lands freed from occupation, President Ilham Aliyev touched on the importance of the delegation led by Igor Babushkin seeing with his own eyes the destruction caused in those areas, as well as the reconstruction and reconstruction works carried out by Azerbaijan in order to ensure the early resettlement of the former IDPs there. The President of Azerbaijan once again noted that the ruins that the Astrakhan delegation saw there are in all of Karabakh and East Zangezur - in a large area.

The head of our state emphasized that all kinds of support given to the reconstruction and restoration works, including the creation of social-infrastructure, in the lands freed from occupation of Azerbaijan, especially the support provided by friendly countries, are very important and of a great symbolic nature.

At the meeting, it was emphasized that friendly relations between Azerbaijan and Russia are developing in various fields, as well as successful cooperation of our country with separate regions of Russia, including Astrakhan province.

President Ilham Aliyev said that the state visit of the President of Russia to Azerbaijan this year was a very significant event in the development of our relations, he emphasized that this visit was very effective and full both in terms of form and content. The head of state noted that the visit of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation to our country also contributed to the expansion of our cooperation.

Expressing his gratitude for the reception, Igor Babushkin, the governor of the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation, said that his visit to Gubadli district today provided a good opportunity for them to see those areas and the work carried out there with their own eyes, and he noted the importance of building a kindergarten there.

Igor Babushkin stated that concrete measures are being implemented for the expansion of economic and commercial cooperation with Azerbaijan.

During the conversation, they discussed the prospects of cooperation in the fields of transport, transit cargo transportation, agriculture, trade, tourism and humanitarian.

Governor Igor Babushkin presented a souvenir to the head of state.