The previous full-scale meeting between Putin and Aliyev took place in October 2024 on the sidelines of the CIS Heads of State Council meeting

According to Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov, the Russian delegation includes nearly half of the government

The previous full-scale meeting between Putin and Aliyev took place in October 2024 on the sidelines of the CIS Heads of State Council meeting

The Russian president also said that he and Aliyev had recently seen each other "briefly" in Beijing, and had spoken on the phone several times prior to that

Dmitry Peskov noted that the conversation was productive

The Russian leader expressed hope that both nations would continue to enhance cooperation in the future