Igor Babushkin and Ali Asadov hold talks in Baku

Governor of Russia's Astrakhan Region Igor Babushkin and Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Ali Asadov held talks in Baku, the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers said.

Babushkin is paying a visit to the capital of Azerbaijan to discuss economic and humanitarian cooperation.

The meeting pointed out the fruitful cooperation of Azerbaijan with various regions of Russia, including Astrakhan.

The existence of good potential for increasing mutual activity in the trade-economic and investment spheres and expanding cooperation in the transport-logistics, cultural-humanitarian, and educational spheres was emphasized.

The construction of a kindergarten in Azerbaijan's Gubadli district by the Astrakhan region was duly acknowledged.

Throughout the discourse, significant emphasis was placed on the advancement of the International North-South Transport Corridor, alongside the critical issue of the Caspian Sea's hydrological regression.