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Iranian president to visit Baku for tripartite summit: TV

Xinhua, July 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Azerbaijan in August for a trilateral meeting with his Azeri and Russian counterparts, Press TV reported on Saturday.

Rouhani will attend the summit in Azerbaijan's capital Baku on Aug. 8 to exchange views with Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin about the ways to bolster relations and discuss the latest regional developments.

The meeting is held upon the proposal by Aliyev for talks about the issues of common interests.

In April, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian and Azeri counterparts, Sergei Lavrov and Elmar Mammadyarov, held talks in Baku on ties and cooperation.

During their meeting, they stressed the importance of strengthening security, political and economic cooperation among the three countries. Endit