Russian President Vladimir Putin is on a two-day state visit to Azerbaijan over August 18-19, including informal and formal meetings with his host President Ilham Aliyev, according to the Kremlin.
This will be their third personal meeting this year. Putin last visited Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, the largest city in the Caucasus, in September 2018. TASS noted: “Their previous in-person conversation took place in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana in July, where they both attended events held within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Also, Aliyev paid a working visit to Moscow in April.”
