Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan are those of strategic allies, and certain forces resent that, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Soloviev Live TV show.

Axar.az reports, citing TASS, "We must remember that they (Moscow-Baku relations) maintain relations of strategic allies. And, certainly, there are forces who resent that," she said.

According to Zakharova, the relationship between the two countries reflects "a period in time when we were part of one state." "This involves a deep history of our cooperation, contacts between people, and historic challenges that we countered," she said.

The allied relations "provoke a feeling of anger and a desire to impede them among certain forces," Zakharova continued. "We must prevent this from happening," she emphasized.