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Leaders of Russia, Belarus, Tajikistan call Azeri president at informal meeting — Kremlin

Aliyev expressed his gratitude for Putin’s invitation to attend the May 9 events in the Russian capital, the Azerbaijani leader’s press service said

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko Sergey Bobylev/ TASS, archive

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

© Sergey Bobylev/ TASS, archive

MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. The presidents of Russia, Belarus and Tajikistan, Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko and Emomali Rahmon respectively, called their Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, during an informal meeting on Saturday, the Kremlin reported.

"During a joint informal meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev <…> to discuss a range of pressing issues relating to the development of interstate relations," the Kremlin specified. The four leaders agreed to meet in Moscow on May 9 as part of festivities marking the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Aliyev expressed his gratitude for Putin’s invitation to attend the May 9 events in the Russian capital, the Azerbaijani leader’s press service said in a statement.

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