An interview by Azerbaijan’s First Vice-president Mehriban Aliyeva is published in influential “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”

In the framework of her visit to the Russian Federation, First Vice-president of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva gave interviews to TASS Information Agency, Russia’s influential official newspaper “Rossiyskaya gazeta”, and “Rossia-24” TV Channel.

The interview by the First Vice-president of Azerbaijan was placed on websites of TASS Information Agency and “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”. On November 25, the interview was printed in “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” publication, which enjoys broad masses of readers.

In her interview, First Vice-president Mehriban Aliyeva answered questions asked by First Deputy Director General of Russia’s TASS Information Agency, talked about her official visit to the Russian Federation, mentioning that strong friendship and kind neighbourhood traditions linked our countries and the relations between Russia and Azerbaijan were characterized as strategic partnership, noting the joint projects implemented.

First Vice-president Mehriban Aliyeva talked about the works carried out towards deepening the relations in the humanitarian sphere between the two countries, about the care shown towards the Russian language and culture in Azerbaijan, the multicultural environment existing in Azerbaijan, and the pavilion “Azerbaijan” created at the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy. Underscoring the multilateral activities of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the First Vice-president of Azerbaijan conveyed her best wishes to the peoples of Russia and Azerbaijan on the upcoming New Year holiday at the end of her interview.