The Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin met with the Chairman of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova in the State Duma. This is reported by the website of the State Duma.

Vyacheslav Volodin and Sahiba Gafarova signed an agreement on cooperation between the State Duma and Milli a. This is the first such agreement with the Azerbaijani parliament. It was also decided to establish a high-level inter-parliamentary commission.

"Relations between our countries are developing dynamically. I must say a word of gratitude to our presidents, who ensure this dynamics, lay a strong foundation for the development of relations," the Chairman of the State Duma said. The Chairman of the State Duma said that the agreement signed today is a momentous event that will open a new level of cooperation between the State Duma and the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

"Relations between Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation are based on centuries-old ties of friendship, good neighborliness, mutual understanding and trust between our countries. Most importantly, everything is based on the friendship of our peoples," agreed Sahiba Gafarova, chairman of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan. She noted the growth of trade turnover, as well as the volume of Russian investments in the economy of Azerbaijan, and also emphasized the special role of interaction between the two countries in the cultural and humanitarian spheres.