Russian ex-president starts four-day visit to Azerbaijan

Trend news agency
7 Apr 05

Baku, 7 April: The former president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, arrived
in Baku on 7 April at the invitation of Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev, Trend news agency reports.

The first Russian president said that he intends to visit districts of
Azerbaijan. “I last visited Azerbaijan a long time ago. [Azerbaijani
ex-President] Heydar Aliyev once invited me, and Ilham Aliyev has
invited me now. I have been nowhere else except for Baku and I need
to see the country,” Yeltsin told journalists at the airport.

He said that during his four-day stay in Azerbaijan he will meet
Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister Artur Rasizada, go on a walkabout in and
around Baku and talk to people. Yeltsin will also visit Quba District
of Azerbaijan [north of the country].

Touching on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, Yeltsin said: “I believe
that Russia’s stance is well-known and there is nothing new about it.”