Russia highly values the results of the bilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Dushanbe, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said, RIA Novosti reports.

Putin and Aliyev had met on October 9 in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.

“First of all, we [i.e. Russia] highly value the results of the bilateral meeting between the two presidents in Dushanbe. It was a very important meeting in the sense that together we turn that page of our bilateral relations,” Peskov told reporters in response to the question about whether there are any contacts between Russia and Azerbaijan regarding the release of Russians detained in Azerbaijani capital Baku.

Azerbaijani media had reported on July 1 that eight Russian citizens had been detained in Baku, who, according to the Azerbaijani side, were involved in drug trafficking from Iran and cybercrimes. They were placed in detention for four months.