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8 August 2016

Trend

Azerbaijan and Iran are good neighbors and important partners of Russia, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.

He made the remarks Aug. 8 at a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Iran in Baku.

“We have accumulated rich experience of fruitful cooperation with each other,” Putin said. “Today we are turning, of course, a new page in relations, and are giving a start to cooperation in trilateral format.”

Russian president noted that the demand for this format is obvious.

“The three countries are connected by the willingness to coordinate their approaches to a wide range of regional and global issues, and by the desire to further strengthen multifaceted practical cooperation in trade and economy,” he said.

Putin also noted the need to build closer cooperation in order to find solutions to problems that pose a threat, such as zones of instability, hot conflicts, growing threat of terrorism, especially by the “Islamic State” (IS, aka ISIL, ISIS or Daesh) and other terrorist organizations.

He said Russia considers it reasonable to intensify the exchange of information on the activities of international terrorist organizations.

“This is needed for a more effective prevention of the transit of militants, weapons, drugs through the territories of our countries,” added Putin.