AZERI, RUSSIAN LEADERS DISCUSS REGIONAL SITUATION OVER PHONE

Turan news agency
Sept 4 2008
Azerbaijan

Baku, 4 September: The presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia had a
telephone conversation on 3 September.

Dmitriy Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev expressed their satisfaction with
the successful development of relations between the two countries
in different spheres, the Azerbaijani president’s press service
reported. They expressed their confidence that these relations would
continue to strengthen. They also discussed the regional situation,
international issues, prospects for the [Nagornyy] Karabakh settlement
and a number of other issues of mutual interest.