The Russian president's visit to Azerbaijan has shown that the two countries have decided to establish successful partnership, experts interviewed by Vestnik Kavkaza believe.
The visit has played a major role in the development of bilateral relations, Azerbaijani lawmaker Rasim Musambekov told the news agency. According to him, mutual ties will now be enhanced in various fields including economy, energy and regional politics.
The head of the Institute for Caspian Cooperation, Sergey Mikheyev, believes the visit was aimed at strengthening bilateral relations. Azerbaijan is a key partner for Russia in the region, he says.
As a result of the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Azerbaijan, the parties highlighted key points in their mutual relations, executive director of the North-South Centre for Political Science and director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Processes in the Post-Soviet Space of the Moscow State University and member of Trend Expert Council Alexei Vlasov said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a visit to Azerbaijan on August 13. During the visit, he was accompanied by a broad delegation of government officials from the Russian Federation. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a one-to-one meeting, after which they held an expanded meeting and signed a number of Azerbaijani-Russian documents in Baku.
Vlasov said a lot of time has passed since the last meeting between the two leaders, and although the matter of personal sympathy for Putin is important, it is not paramount.
The leaders of the two countries, according to Vlasov, needed to 'feel' the mood and attitude towards each other and any possible fundamental changes.
"Now the situation is simpler, as the positions of the presidents on most issues were outlined very clearly in work and collaboration," he said.
According to Associate Professor of the History Department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Ismail Agakishiev, Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin actually know each other quite well and enjoy absolutely trust.
"The very atmosphere and the mood of Putin's visit were testimony to it," Agakishiyev told Trend.
According to him there is no single question that cannot be solved at the negotiating table.
"The agreements strengthen the foundation of bilateral relations, but they only work when there is trust between us," the expert said.
